By Emmanuella Anokam
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) says the organisation will make progress on negotiations concerning the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) in its forthcoming 12th Ministerial Conference.
Okonjo-Iweala disclosed this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
The 12th conference is scheduled to hold in Geneva in December.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the DDA, known as Doha Round is the latest round of trade negotiations among the WTO membership.
It is aimed at achieving major reform of the international trading system through the introduction of lower trade barriers and revised trade rules.
NAN gathered that the African groups in WTO are seeking for this negotiation which has agricultural package to be addressed, demanding for a special safeguard mechanism for developing countries.
In spite of several efforts by some developed countries to undermine the DDA, the African Groups have stood their ground…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
