Failure of WTO negotiations on fisheries and agriculture

2024-03-01T21:24:00.139Z

Highlights: Failure of WTO negotiations on fisheries and agriculture. The ministers concerned, however, managed to save the customs moratorium on electronic commerce at the last minute, extended until March 2026. The ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization ended on Saturday without the countries being able to agree on the two major themes of fishing and agriculture, says the president of the 13th Ministerial Conference of the WTO, the Emirati Minister of State at Foreign trade, Thani al-Zeyoudi, during the last plenary meeting.

The ministers concerned, however, managed to save the customs moratorium on electronic commerce at the last minute, extended until March 2026.