The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, spoke by telephone today (27) with the director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Among other matters, they dealt with the Brazilian proposal for annual WTO meetings.
According to Itamaraty, the measure aims to “improve the organization’s ability to respond to crises and increase the engagement of members, contributing to the process of reform and reinvigoration of the organization.”
Vieira also reaffirmed Brazil’s commitment to strengthening and modernizing the Multilateral Trade System and the WTO and assured the Brazilian government’s commitment to the ratification of the Agreement on Fishing Subsidies, which establishes new trade rules for the sector.
The document was concluded at the last WTO ministerial conference and, according to the Itamaraty, “constitutes an important contribution to multilateralism and the Sustainable Development Goals”.
