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WTO members gather in Yaounde amid deep divisions and calls for reform

The World Trade Organization’s 166 members opened a key ministerial conference in Cameroon’s capital on Thursday, sharply divided over the future of the institution as geopolitical tensions, protectionism and the fallout fromthe Middle East war cast a shadow over global trade.

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00:00While trade organization members gathered in Yoonde, Cameroon on Thursday for a key ministerial conference
00:06with deep divisions threatening progress amid global economic turmoil linked to the Middle East war,
00:13WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on members to launch a new chapter for multilateral trade,
00:21slamming what she called the unilateralism that has weakened the institution in recent years.
00:26At the top of the agenda, reforming the WTO's decision-making process,
00:31restoring its crippled dispute settlement system and tackling rising protectionism.
00:37But diplomats say members remain sharply divided, with the United States and India pushing back on key proposals.
00:45U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer said the WTO must change to remain relevant,
00:51while China and other developing nations insist on preserving the rules-based system.
00:57Former WTO Chief Pascal Lemmy warned the stakes are high,
01:01determining whether the organization can still fulfill its core mission to reduce trade barriers at a time when they are
01:08increasing.
01:09Therefore, let's keep going to a personal history as they're 1 to 1 million in time.
01:09To push the
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