![]() Okonjo-Iweala hopes members can agree a roadmap for reforming the dispute settlement procedure at the meeting. president Donald Trump blocked new adjudicator appointments, which has quelled the appetite to seek redress of trade disputes through the WTO. Most pressingly, its dispute appeals court has been paralysed for nearly two years since then-U.S. WTO REFORMĪll WTO members say the organisation's rule book needs updating, although they disagree on how to do so. They have opposed an extension in the past, citing lost customs revenues, but have not so far blocked it. The moratorium has been in place since 1998 but South Africa and India have launched a separate proposal to lift it. E-COMMERCE MORATORIUMĪ ban on import duties or so-called "electronic transmissions" worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year is up for renewal. One option is a so-called "ministerial declaration" on ending tariffs on humanitarian food deliveries as proposed by Singapore, but even this does not yet command consensus, delegates say.Ī draft agreement on other aspects of agricultural policy may be submitted to ministers ahead of the conference, but sources say vast gaps remained on key areas, including the form and level of allowable subsidies. WTO chief Okonjo-Iweala is holding private consultations with a group of key economies aiming for a response to the food crisis driven partly by export disruptions from major wheat exporters Ukraine and Russia. India has been one of the biggest critics. ![]()
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