WTO Members Hold Informal Talks on Deliberative Functions
World Trade Organization members held an informal talk June 16 on efforts to revise the global trade body's "deliberative functions." Members discussed the WTO's General Council, Trade Negotiations Committee, the "conduct of Ministerial Conferences" and generating greater member participation in…
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WTO bodies. Members also discussed "other trade-related matters," "effective oversight and decision-making" in the Ministerial Conference and the General Council, and ways to ensure the Trade Negotiations Committee "effectively plays its supervising role for the overall conduct of the negotiations." Botswana's Athaliah Lesiba Molokomme, who chairs the General Council, said she is considering holding consultations before the next General Council meeting set for July 24-25 to finalize an "emerging roadmap for MC13 on the deliberative function." MC13, the 13th Ministerial Conference, is set for February 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.