WTO's major conference postponed due to new Covid variant

A sign of the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) is pictured at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 25, 2021. The global trade body's biggest gathering in four years, was postponed at the last minute Friday due to the new Omicron Covid-19 variant. - AFP

GENEVA, Nov 26 (AFP): Next week's World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference, the global trade body's biggest gathering in four years, was postponed at the last minute Friday (Nov 26) due to the new Omicron Covid-19 variant.

The WTO hoped the four-day gathering in Geneva would breathe new life into the crippled organisation, which has been stuck for years trying to make progress on resolving issues like fishery subsidies.