WTO members move to ready trade and gender framework ahead of MC12

The leaders of the World Trade Organization’s informal working group on trade and gender on Friday said they intend to start work on a joint ministerial statement that includes concrete actions members can take to address women’s economic empowerment with the hopes of finalizing language for adoption by the next WTO ministerial in November. Botswana, El Salvador and Iceland, the co-chairs of the informal working group, laid out their goal for a joint ministerial statement as well as a roadmap...