WTO | 30 years: looking back, thinking ahead
What is the WTO? Why does it matter? What's next?
To mark the WTO's 30th anniversary, ambassadors from the organization's members reflected on the organization's significance and shared their visions for its future
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Transcriptions
Speaker 1
The WTO is the bedrock of global trade. The most important legal construct of the post war era who have agreed to common rules for trade. Crucially, it supports developing countries and ensure that they are integrated into the global value chains on beneficial terms. The WTO is the important pillar of multilateralism. What does the WTO mean?
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A cornerstone for smooth trade flows which is essential for development.
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Better trade for a better world.
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Una herramienta muy importante para la estrategia de apertura Comercial.
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Opportunity, predictability and cooperation among nations. Jobs, cheaper goods, better services. Rules that are credible, that are enforceable and that are agreed by all members.
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Over 600 trading disputes were able to be settled peacefully through our binding rules and procedures. As a small trading nation, we rely on the framework of rules, the certainty and predictability that the WTO provides us.
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What is the future of the wto?
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The future of the WTO is inclusive.
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Sustainable and Digital Reform and 21st Century Agenda. The future of WTO is to deliver more and more concrete and inclusive outcomes. The WTO is a safe space to discuss modern trade issues. From msmes to plastics pollution to trade and gender to trade and climate to artificial intelligence.
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And I am sure that the World Trade Organisation is can continue to serve the member countries, big or small, developed, developing or LDC countries.
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The future of the WTO is in our hands. It's up to us.
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The WTO is part of the solution, part of the solution for prosperity, part of the solution for sustainability and part of the solution for peace.
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Devoir set Organisation prand de la casion de set celebration defair du commerce mondial en utimajeur pour la transformation de l'. Humanite. If we work together, we can do anything. We should never forget that.
