Middle powers plot fresh path for world trade as WTO stalls
TL;DR
Nearly 40 middle- and major-power economies, led by Canada’s Mark Carney, are pursuing coordinated reform of the World Trade Organization—or, if salvaging it proves impossible, a new rules-based trade order—at MC14 in Yaoundé, with the EU and CPTPP planning a plurilateral push on e-commerce and digital trade that could bypass consensus if needed.
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