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Merkel, Germany will strive to strengthen WTO

At a stalemate, but it remains the pivot of rules-based trade

26 January, 14:49
(ANSA) - BERLIN, 26 GEN - Germany will strive to strengthen the WTO," Angela Merkel said at the World Economic Forum. "With all due respect for the bilateral and multilateral agreements that I see around, from my point of view, the WTO remains the pivot of rules-based world trade - she added - and Germany will focus its efforts on strengthening it, right after the pandemic." Merkel underlined that the WTO is not working as well as it could. "We have suffered from a stalemate in recent years, and we must overcome this obstacle." (ANSA).

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