Despite overwhelming support for his draft, departing chair Gunnarsson sees little chance of quick agreement as a few members drag the talks backwards| Trade β Blog
The claim will be challenged since the 2022 agreement is not in force anywhere and it omits the key point of Target 14.6: overcapacity and overfishing| Trade β Blog
In a blow to hopes that plurilateral talks can keep WTO rule-making alive, a handful of members hold out against adding investment and e-commerce agreements to the rules| Trade β Blog
The ruling allows the agreed text to be found officially in a single document, and suggests the more complicated changes that held up 60 certifications were unnecessary| Trade β Blog
The talks’ chair asked members ‘whether continuing our negotiations in the same way as we have been doing over the last several years, and grounded in the MC12 mandate, will lead us to success’…| Trade β Blog
Three critical papers from India suggest consensus is still as elusive as it was in Abu Dhabi, despite efforts to conclude before the summer break| Trade β Blog
They say the proposed changes “result in a more balanced, preferable and more viable text” and join 28 others in pushing for a deal next month| Trade β Blog
Timeline with links to some key documents and news, 2020–2023| Trade β Blog
The misleadingly-named “public stockholding” (“PSH”) could be more correctly called “(over-the-limit) Price support in food Stock-Holding”| Trade β Blog