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The Clock Is Once Again Ticking at a Paralyzed World Trade Organization. Will It Spring Back to Life?

Setting a short deadline to increase pressure is as old a technique as negotiations themselves. But this time, several trade diplomats in Geneva told me, if a solution can't be found by February 24 to the deadlock that has been hobbling the World Trade Organization (WTO), the fear

Reports of the death of the WTO are premature—or are they?

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Reports of the death of the WTO are premature—or are they?

Exclusive: The current global system is broken, Brazil’s foreign policy czar tells The Geneva Observer

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Exclusive: The current global system is broken, Brazil’s foreign policy czar tells The Geneva Observer

WTO: Still no fix for the appellate body

China, the world’s second-largest economy, still claims exemptions as an ‘emerging economy’ 21 years after it joined the organization, and the US wants this status amended.

#108 The G|O Briefing, September 8, 2022

FRENZIED DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY AROUND REPORT ON CHINA | WT0'S DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY STILL NOT FIXED | STATE SOVEREIGNTY VS. INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS

On the shores of Lake Geneva, the battle to revitalize the WTO continues

In September 1999, on his very first day on the job, Mike Moore, the newly elected D-G of the World Trade Organization (WTO) made a pitch before the assembled Geneva press corps: “Every member of the WTO, and outside, wants China to sit at the table as she should. China

Could Joe Biden first name be Donald?

There is a growing consensus that Biden’s foreign policy will in fact be more continuity than a rupture with Trump’s.

#48 The G|O Briefing, April 1, 2021

#48 The G|O Briefing, April 1, 2021

France on a spending spree for international organizations! - Washington and Caracas lock horns at the WTO - UN Geneva is alive and well

"Geneva's G20" looks at WHO, WTO and the renewal of multilateralism

The G20 summit was held virtually over the weekend, hosted by Saudi Arabia. It could well be renamed the “Geneva G20” due the omnipresence of Geneva-based international organizations in its discussions.

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