Inside Trade

October 4, 2025

WTO members home in on reform as clear priority for MC14

By Margaret Spiegelman  / September 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
GENEVA -- Negotiators here are starting to lay a foundation for what could be achieved at the next World Trade Organization ministerial conference, with reform top of mind and little else in focus. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on negotiators by December to try to identify areas that could be ripe for outcomes at the 14th ministerial, set for March in Cameroon. With about three months to go to that deadline, and amid ongoing uncertainty about how the U.S...

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