Open global trade is only way to feed the world, WTO chief says


A logo is pictured outside the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

ROME: Global poverty will increase if the world doesn’t work to maintain a stable and open trading system, World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says.

“We should keep our eyes on maintaining a stable, free, open and predictable trading system,” Okonjo-Iweala said in an interview in Rome, where she also met Pope Francis.

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