WTO plans hybrid Public Forum, but MC12’s status remains a question mark
The two major World Trade Organization gatherings planned for this year in Geneva remain beholden to the pandemic -- the Public Forum, in late September, will be held in a hybrid format, while the status of the ministerial conference, set to begin in late November, is in limbo as countries brace for a potential new wave of COVID-19 cases in the fall. There are high expectations for the 12th ministerial conference, as the negotiations on fisheries subsidies and a pandemic...