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WTO chief says 'cautiously optimistic' ahead of high-stakes meet
In this file photo taken on July 9, 2021 two bluefin tuna fish are extracted with a crane after being fished by divers in a purse seine at the Balfego fishing company's aquaculture facility on the open sea off the coast of L'Atmella de Mar. – AFPn

WTO meets to net fisheries deal
A health worker prepares the jab of the Covishield' Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination camp held in a residential area in Chennai on May 20, 2021. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Countries urge patent waivers than just jabs
GENEVA: World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (right) gestures with Chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations at the WTO Colombian Ambassador Santiago Wills next to an ice sculpture depicting fish during an event by NGOs requesting urgent action to finalize the WTO agreement on ending subsidies that drive overfishing, yesterday in Geneva. - AGPn

'Ready to go': Hopes abound as Dr Ngozi takes WTO reins
POTOMAC: World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during an interview with AFP at her home in Potomac, Maryland on Tuesday.-AFPn

New WTO chief's pile of problems
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WTO fails to net deal to halt over fishing
Photos taken at the Santa Rosa de Salinas Artisanal Fishery Production Cooperative in Santa Rosa de Salinas, October 26, 2018. - The Cooperative is a pre-processing plant where the fish arrive and are negotiated wholesale and filleted for retail sales. (Photo by Camilo Pareja / AFP)

WTO aiming to net fishing deal as deadline approaches fast
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on October 7, 2020, shows South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee (L) in Geneva on July 16, 2020; and Nigerian former Foreign and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (R) in Geneva, July 15, 2020, as they give press conferences as part of their application process to head the WTO as Director General. - Two women, Yoo Myung-hee of South Korean and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria, remain in the running to lead the World Trade Organization, sources familiar with the decision said on October 7, 2020, in what will be a first for the trade body. The official announcement of the two candidates left standing is expected on October 8, 2020. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala, S Korea's Yoo in final run-off to lead WTO
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WTO finds Washington broke trade rules by putting tariffs on China
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