WTO: Trade, supply shifts open new opportunities

Inquirer.net - Sep 18, 2026

GENEVA, Switzerland — Developing countries should seize emerging opportunities from global trade system reforms and diversifying global supply chains, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said developing economies should identify and lobby for revisions to existing trade policies rather than complain about them. READ: PH backs careful recalibration of global trade

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