The war in Ukraine, a threat to the WTO Ministerial Conference

Like the sword of Damocles, the war in Ukraine poses a direct threat to the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which started on Sunday in Geneva. “There are many obstacles that might prevent us from continuing our journey,” replied the director of the organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to a question from the Temps. The Ukrainian crisis is one. We have prepared for such an eventuality, but we cannot protect ourselves 100% once morest it.” At the WTO, where decisions are taken by consensus, Russia, or even another country, might block everything.