WTO facilitator proposes dividing reform talks into three ‘tracks’

Ahead of a new round of consultations later this month, the facilitator of the World Trade Organization reform process has proposed to split the talks into “tracks” covering institutional concerns, level playing field issues and the “issues of our time,” such as climate change, economic security and digital trade. In a communication on Thursday to WTO delegations, Norwegian Ambassador Petter Ølberg, who was named facilitator last month , cited his previous consultations in suggesting the three separate tracks “to organize...