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'Let’s show WTO is alive': UAE foreign trade minister

says conference can be 'launch pad' for global trade

The opening day saw two least developed countries, Comoros and Timor-Leste, become
WTO members taking the overall tally to 166

by

Ashwani Kumar

Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Published: Mon 26 Feb 2024, 1:26 PM
Last updated: Mon 26 Feb 2024, 7:08 PM

Decision makers have been urged to enhance and modernise the rules of the global trading
system to make it inclusive and equitable during the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) in Abu Dhabi.

Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade and Chair of the 13th WTO
Ministerial Conference 2024, noted the event can be the 'launch pad' for the future of global trade
and reform and address challenges.

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conference-can-be-launch-pad-for-global