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WTO Geneva Package: A Breakthrough For Africa?

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In Geneva, on June 17, ministers, and delegates at the World Trade Organisation's (WTO's) Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) reached an agreement on a series of key trade initiatives.

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Inês Sequeira
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In Geneva, on June 17, ministers, and delegates at the World Trade Organisation's (WTO's) Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) reached an agreement on a series of key trade initiatives. The deal represents a breakthrough for the Organisation which has created one agreement between all 164 members in its 27-year existence to date.

This long-anticipated achieved consensus took place after MC12 had been postponed for two years due to COVID-19 and deepened with the Russia and Ukraine conflict. It was heard in the voice of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organisation's Director-General, "You stepped up and delivered in every area we have been working on," which celebrated a striking moment of real multilateral success with the organisation's members.

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