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UAE to welcome 175 ministers, senior

officials for WTO’s 13th Ministerial

Conference

Story by Amjad Saleh • 3d

ABU DHABI, 22nd February, 2024 (WAM) -- The UAE is gearing up to host the 13th
Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Abu Dhabi

between 26th and 29th February, 2024.

This pivotal event brings together ministers and senior officials from around the world
for discussions on the rules and regulations governing international trade.

The gathering of 175 Member States, private sector leaders, NGOs, and civil society

representatives will allow the global community to work together toward advancing a
more efficient, sustainable, and inclusive trading system.

Ministerial Conferences are the highest decision-making body of the WTO and serve as
crucial forums for member states to address trade challenges, refine trade rules, and

set the agenda for global trade policy.

The 13th Ministerial Conference is set to build on the progress achieved during MC12,
held in Geneva in June 2022, which made substantive breakthroughs on fisheries

subsidies, food insecurity, and e-commerce. Focus areas will include improving the
ability of developing countries and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to access the
global trading system, intellectual property, and WTO’s dispute resolution mechanism.

The forum will also provide an opportunity to explore greater collaboration and

partnership with non-governmental organisations, the private sector, and civil society to
enhance the effectiveness of trade policies and programmes via a series of side events.

These include the TradeTech Global Forum, promoting the use of technology in global

supply chains, and sessions on trade facilitation in partnership with Etihad Credit
Insurance, trade finance with HSBC, SMEs with the Abu Dhabi Department of

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