WTO Members Establish Info-Sharing Sessions on Pandemic Responses
World Trade Organization members recently agreed to establish "information-sharing sessions" as part of the WTO's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea stemmed from consultations held by Cambodia's Ambassador Kemvichet Long, chair of the WTO's Services Council. Discussions will cover the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various service sectors, the trade-facilitative steps introduced by members and the pandemic's impact on less-developed countries.
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WTO countries at the meeting also continued discussing the "interactions between the work in the Services Council and in the General Council on electronic commerce," the WTO said. Members in June agreed to extend the moratorium on e-commerce tariffs (see 2206170010).