At a meeting of the World Trade Organization’s Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 12 December, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and chairs of negotiating bodies reviewed the state of negotiations and assessed which issues could realistically be elevated for ministerial decisions at the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14), scheduled for 26–29 March in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Chairing the TNC, DG Okonjo-Iweala emphasized the need to deliver a manageable, focused and meaningful agenda for MC14, warning against overloading ministers with issues that are not sufficiently mature for decision-making.

“The purpose of today’s TNC is to chart a path to identify a common understanding of which negotiating issues are ready for ministerial action, which are not, and what should be done in each c

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