Interview: The 12th Ministerial Meeting of the WTO is of great significance to maintaining multilateralism

Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, June 18th. Interview: The 12th Ministerial Meeting of the WTO is of great significance to maintaining multilateralism.

Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Binjie Chen Junxia

Li Chenggang, a representative of the Chinese Society of Trade Organization in the World Trade Organization, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency in Geneva, Switzerland that the 12th Ministerial Meeting (MC12) of the WTO reached a consensus on multiple important issues, re -reinstalizing the global multilateral trade system at a critical moment at a critical moment. Confidence is of great significance to maintaining multilateralism.

Li Chenggang said that the world is currently facing multiple challenges such as the new crown epidemic and geopolitical conflicts, and the MC12 has been postponed due to the epidemic, and the results achieved by the conference are "exceeding expectations."

This year's ministerial meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 12th to 17th. After several rounds of densely negotiated negotiations and fierce confrontation of members of the members, the conference finally achieved results in issues such as the response to the response to the new crown epidemic, food security, humanitarian grain procurement, fishery subsidies, electronic transmission tariffs and WTO reform Essence

Li Chenggang believes that the results of this year's ministerial conference are "very comprehensive", and China has played an important role in it. First, from the perspective of economic volume, trade volume, or participation and contribution to WTO, China is an important participant in the WTO. Second, China adheres to the true multilateralism and focuses on the overall situation, which plays a constructive role for promoting the results of the conference. Third, China played a positive role in multilateral negotiations.

Li Chenggang said that the World Trade Organization under the leadership of the Director -General Ivera showed a strong willingness to promote the results of all members to achieve results in key issues. Members of the WTO also showed the overall awareness of global issues and enthusiasm for participating in the multilateral process during the ministerial meeting of this session.

Li Chenggang believes that an important part of the results of this year's ministerial meeting is the reform of the WTO. How to improve the trade negotiations and trade supervision functions of the WTO, restore the operation of the dispute resolution mechanism as soon as possible, and establish a crisis response mechanism is a problem that members of the WTO need to think.

Li Chenggang said that although the MC12 has achieved exciting results, it must be soberly realized that these achievements "have not fundamentally changed the WTO." He called on all members to form a specific roadmap and work plan for the formation of the WTO reform as soon as possible. (Participate in reporter: Jiang Xuelan)

[Editor in charge: Qiu Lifang]

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