WTO: U.S. won’t agree to new S&D provisions if ‘certain members’ don’t forgo them

GENEVA -- The U.S. on Monday said it would not agree to new special and differential treatment provisions in World Trade Organization negotiations unless “certain members” forgo the use of those provisions. “[I]f a S&D provision is introduced in a WTO negotiation, the United States will indicate that it will not agree to that provision unless certain Members forego use of that provision,” U.S. Ambassador to the WTO Dennis Shea said at the afternoon session of Monday’s General Council meeting,...