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WTO warns of 'rocky road' with food shortages, vaccines on agenda in Geneva

WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warns of a "rocky road" ahead as the organisation holds a high level meeting in Geneva to takle food shortages, fishing rights and Covid vaccine patents. © FT

The World Trade Organization is gathering in Geneva for its first ministerial meeting in nearly five years to tackle food security threatened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, overfishing and equitable access to Covid vaccines.

WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala opened the four-day meeting on Sunday with the warning "expect a rocky, bumpy road with a few landmines along the way".

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