Economics
WTO Chief Pursues a ‘Hectic’ Agenda to Fix World Trade’s Referee
- Vaccine, fishery outcomes needed to bolster WTO’s credibility
- Frontloading deliverables ahead of critical year-end meeting
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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The head of the World Trade Organization raised an alarm about the credibility of the multilateral trading system, urging leaders to act fast to bolster the global economy with steps like fairer vaccine distribution and cooperate to resolve longer-term problems like overfishing.