Workers remove fences next to the entrance of the World Trade Organization headquarters on November 27, 2021, in Geneva after the ministerial conference was postponed due to Omicron. Photo: AFP
Workers remove fences next to the entrance of the World Trade Organization headquarters on November 27, 2021, in Geneva after the ministerial conference was postponed due to Omicron. Photo: AFP
David Dodwell
Opinion

Opinion

Inside Out by David Dodwell

With the WTO’s credibility in crisis, no wonder globalisation is in retreat

  • The global trade body’s woes, from the lack of support for multilateral agreements to the rise in protectionism, reflect the same stasis that plagues organisations from the WHO to the IPCC, on critical work from global health to climate change

Workers remove fences next to the entrance of the World Trade Organization headquarters on November 27, 2021, in Geneva after the ministerial conference was postponed due to Omicron. Photo: AFP
Workers remove fences next to the entrance of the World Trade Organization headquarters on November 27, 2021, in Geneva after the ministerial conference was postponed due to Omicron. Photo: AFP
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