In the face of “polycrisis,” WTO chief warns of a bumpy path to agreement.
The director-general of Nigeria said the world had changed since the WTO's last ministerial conference nearly five years ago.
Feyisayo Ajayi
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World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed cautious optimism that the more than 100 trade ministers meeting in Geneva would achieve one or two global deals this week would achieve one or two global agreements but warned that the road ahead would be difficult and rocky.
The director-general of Nigeria said the world had changed since the WTO’s last ministerial conference nearly five years ago.
She listed the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and major food and energy crises as pieces of a “polycrisis”.
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