Azevêdo to ask Lighthizer for political commitment to show flexibility at MC11

BUENOS AIRES -- World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevêdo today will ask U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer for a “political commitment” and a display of “political will” to show flexibility during negotiations at the WTO’s 11th ministerial conference. “What I will tell him will not differ very much from what I tell every other member, which is essentially that we have to recognize the importance of the system for the world, for the global economy, the importance of this...