G20 should boost trade financing for developing countries, back reforms, says WTO official | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, Nov 22 — Group of 20 major economies should work to provide trillions of dollars in trade financing for developing countries to ensure the recovery of the global economy from the Covid-19 pandemic, a top official with the World Trade Organization said on Saturday. WTO Deputy Director...

Sunday, 22 Nov 2020 05:39 AM MYT

WTO Deputy Director General Alan Wolff told G20 leaders it was critical to utilise trade to help underwrite the economy, facilitate trade in essential medical supplies, and reform the institutional framework for world trade. The lack of access to trade financing hits least developed countries hardest that already suffer from the high cost of financial transactions.

The Geneva-based world trade body is in turmoil as the administration of outgoing US President Donald Trump has blocked both selection of a new director general and the functioning of a dispute settlement body.

 

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