Don’t ask Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala what his state of mind is on the eve of the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The director of the institution urgently convened a General Council of the Organization on Monday and urged members to “use every hour to negotiate, smooth things over and find compromises on issues where the positions of some remain far apart. from those of others”. Postponed twice due to Covid-19, it will take place from June 12 to 15 in Geneva in the presence of some 2,000 government delegates and dozens of NGOs.
