https://www.scmp.com/rss/511331/feed Richard Pomfret is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Adelaide and Adjunct Professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The World Trade Organization was supposed to have gone into critical talks this week at the 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva. The conference, slated for November 30 to December 3, would have been the first since 2017. A last-minute postponement of the in-person meetings due to the new Omicron variant has compounded the WTO’s woes. Even before the postponement, countries were already bracing themselves, with a crowded agenda and deep divisions on major issues. It is not certain when the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3158150/when-wto-trade-ministers-finally-meet-will-they-agree-anything?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3158150/when-wto-trade-ministers-finally-meet-will-they-agree-anything?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:00:26 +0000