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WTO round fails to agree on reforms

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Published: March 4th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

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Talks on important reforms have failed in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Negotiators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have failed to achieve a breakthrough on important reforms. Despite an extension of the five-day negotiations until early Saturday morning, there was no success on the topics of agriculture and fisheries. „There was no agreement on the important issues that are critical to the WTO’s mandate, such as fisheries and harmful subsidies. There was simply no give and take,“ said a senior European official.

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