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Leaderless WTO needs to reform or risk losing further relevance

Published Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · 09:50 PM
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THESE are particularly troubled times for the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Geneva-based watchdog that is currently without a director-general and facing arguably its biggest crisis in its 25-year history.

Last week, Brazilian career diplomat Roberto Azevedo, who was at the helm of the governing body of international trade since 2013,…

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