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The US and a group of countries are planning to press ahead with their own moratorium on e-commerce duties if Brazil and Turkey continue to oppose an extension of a global deal at World Trade Organization talks on Wednesday, a draft document shows.
Arguably, the most significant outcome from the World Trade Organization’s “reform” ministerial conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon in March 2026 was the adoption by a sub-group of 66 Members of a plurilateral agreement on electronic commerce.
For nearly thirty years the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), peasants’ organisations gathered in Cameroon have concluded that the WTO and free trade agreements hinder the development of countries in the Global South and lead to the ruin of small-scale producers worldwide.
A large group comprising some 66 countries on 28 March announced the conclusion of their Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) “Declaration on Interim Arrangements for Agreement on Electronic Commerce”.
The push for a permanent moratorium signals the US’s bid to dominate the AI-driven global economy.
African trade ministers have adopted a unified continental position on World Trade Organisation matters ahead of the organisation's 14th Ministerial Conference, emphasising the mutually reinforcing relationship between multilateralism and regional integration as essential to advancing Africa's economic interests.
As the World Trade Organization (WTO) prepares for its 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this March, we must confront the troubling reality of its impact on global trade.
China, supported by other members, is multiplying free trade agreements and promoting capitalist globalisation based on free trade, even as the former powers of the North are now turning towards protectionism.
On this International Day of Action Against the WTO and Free Trade Agreements, La Via Campesina reaffirms its call for a new global trade framework rooted in food sovereignty.
At the 14th Asian Business Summit in Manila, 12 economic business stressed their interests in strengthening FTAs, promoting green transformation with diverse energy pathways, fostering innovation driven by AI and startups, and developing human resources to boost regional competitiveness. The summit advocates maintaining a rules-based international economic order and reforming the WTO.
