WTO chief lays out global action to increase vaccine access
THE head of the World Trade Organization laid out a series of actions yesterday for countries and drug makers to
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WTO hikes 2021 trade growth forecast, but COVID-19 risks linger
THE World Trade Organization slightly raised its growth forecast for global goods trade this year, but said the outlook was
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WTO DG “disappointed” in EU vaccine export restrictions
THE director-general of the World Trade Organization has expressed her disappointment in the European Union’s export authorisation scheme for COVID-19
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EXPLAINER-Activists, drug groups split over suspending COVID-19 shot patents
JOHN MILLER A World Trade Organization (WTO) council is meeting this week to discuss a proposal by India and South
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‘Waive vaccine patents to benefit the poor’
DENIS BALIBOUSE DOCTORS Without Borders (MSF) staged a protest at the World Trade Organization on Thursday against what it said
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WTO chief hits the ground running
EMMA FARGE and PHILIP BLENKINSOP THE new chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has urged its member states to
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First woman, first African: Meet the ‘troublemaker’
ADAOBI TRICIA NWAUBANI NIGERIA’S Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – an elite economist who has confronted corruption and kidnappers at home and risen
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Historic African free trade bloc opens for business
JOE BAVIER AFRICAN countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on New Year’s Day, after months
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India and South Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid COVID-19 drug production
INDIA and South Africa want the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property rules to make it easier for
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Kenyan emerges as one of early WTO frontrunners
EMMA FARGE KENYA’s candidate to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) top post said she is seeking Washington’s backing and expressed
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