No Informal WTO Ministerial at Davos

Posted 1/12/24

The Swiss government has decided not to convene an informal ministerial meeting on the margins of the annual World Economic Forum in Davos this year due to “intense preparations” for the World Trade Organization’s 13th ministerial conference that is going to start in Abu Dhabi on February 26.

As trade envoys return from their Christmas break, they face a mountain of challenges on how to resolve their differences on a range of issues/deliverables for the MC13 in the next 45 days.  So far, there seems to be little or no convergence on any of the issues that range from the crucial

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