Switzerland chairs an informal WTO ministerial meeting
Bern, 21.1.2022 - On 21 January 2022, Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin invited trade ministers to a discussion about the ongoing WTO negotiations. The virtual meeting focused on the next steps after the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference, which was postponed last December due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Further topics included the current challenges in the relationship between international trade and health, the reduction of fisheries subsidies, the reform of agricultural trade policy and the strengthening of the rules-based multilateral trading system in the medium term.