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Divided and paralysed, can the WTO negotiate a pandemic recovery plan that is fair for all?

  • Written by Jane Kelsey, Professor of Law, University of Auckland
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Hard on the heels of the political deal-making by major powers and corporate lobbyists at the COP26 climate conference, similar manoeuvres are shaping the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), scheduled to begin on November 30 in Geneva.

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