DDG González: “WTO reform is about promoting resilient, sustainable and inclusive trade”

WTO members must do more to safeguard and expand the role of trade as a tool to create jobs, reduce poverty and increase economic opportunity, WTO Deputy Director-General Anabel González said at a conference hosted by the World Bank and the Peterson Institute for International Economics on 14 February. She called on WTO members to accelerate the pace of work on WTO reform to match the size of the challenges facing the global trading system.