WTO: DG defends "nimble" plurilateral push as e-com moratorium lapses (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yaounde)
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ms Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, on early morning of 30 March justified the Chair's statement as testimony to a "nimbler and smoother process" for conducting the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14).

Trade: MC14 ends with no outcomes on key issues; IFDA bid blocked (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yaounde)
The 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) of the World Trade Organization ended in Yaounde, Cameroon, on 29 March with no ministerial declaration or multilateral outcomes on three key issues, namely reforming the WTO, agriculture, and extending the e-commerce moratorium, as well as the proposed incorporation of the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA) into Annex 4 of the WTO Agreement.

MC14: US, Brazil fail to break deadlock on e-commerce moratorium (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yaounde)
The United States and Brazil on 29 March failed to reach an agreement on the duration of the e-commerce moratorium at the World Trade Organization's 14th ministerial conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon.

MC14: No fisheries deal that erodes UNCLOS sovereignty, warns Indonesia (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yaounde)
Indonesia has stated unequivocally that any instrument agreed at the World Trade Organization on fisheries subsidies must not undermine the rights and jurisdiction of coastal states as established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

WTO: MC14 exposed US heavy hand; South countries need each other (PRIV)
(Kinda Mohamadieh, Yaounde)
MC14 was reported as a collapse resulting from the stand-off between Brazil and the United States (US) on the extension of the e-commerce moratorium.