WTO hits road block over advancing dispute reform talks


FILE PHOTO: World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization is struggling to find an ambassador to lead negotiations on fixing its hobbled dispute system by the year-end, trade sources said, as the body's chief urged countries to keep striving for a deal.

The commitment to continue such efforts in 2024 was one of the few concrete outcomes at the WTO Abu Dhabi meeting last month which has some minor successes but failed to strike major global agreements.

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