DDG Wolff urges G20 trade ministers to step up engagement on WTO reform

At a virtual meeting of G20 trade ministers, WTO Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff called for “renewed engagement” by WTO members to “ensure that the WTO is fully ready to meet the challenges of a changing global economy”. He urged members to conclude ongoing negotiations, to advance the process of systemic reform on the basis of concrete proposals, and to unwind pandemic-related trade restrictions when they are no longer strictly necessary.