WTO reform plan seen as likeliest major MC14 outcome -- but it won’t be easy

With World Trade Organization negotiations at a standstill, the likeliest possible outcome that ministers could agree to at the 14th ministerial next March is a commitment to move forward on tangible reforms, according to Geneva sources who say a pathway toward an outcome remains rife with obstacles -- many tied to the U.S. “MC14 is going to take place in really an unprecedented context for the WTO, in particular because of the U.S. trade actions this year,” one of those...