WTO postpones major meeting after new variant outbreak

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WTO postpones major meeting after new variant outbreak
The World Trade Organization (WTO) became the first major diplomatic casualty of the new coronavirus variant on Friday when it postponed its first ministerial meeting in four years due to the deteriorating health situation.
 
Ministers from WTO members were due to have gathered next week for a meeting widely seen as a test of the WTO's relevance.
 
The WTO said that its members had agreed late on Friday to postpone the ministerial conference after the new variant outbreak led to travel restrictions that would have prevented many ministers from reaching Geneva.
 
No new date has been set for a rescheduled meeting.
 
 
REUTERS
 

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