Trade Cases
December 14, 2017
WTO Ministerial Ends Without Achieving Objectives
Written by Sandy Williams
The World Trade Organization finished its 11th ministerial conference on Wednesday without making significant progress on multilateral issues. Nearly 4,000 ministers, trade officials and delegates from the 164 members of the WTO attended the 11th ministerial conference, along with observers and the global press.
The meetings opened on Sunday with members chafing from criticism by the United States. Trump has called the WTO a “disaster,” and the administration has shown a clear preference to bilateral over multilateral trade deals.
