It’s a first: the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, inaugurated ‘Trade Day’ at COP28 on Monday 4 November. This is the first time that trade has been a topic on the official agenda of a COP.
A number of topical issues were on the agenda, including the importance of supply chain resilience, the weight of global trade and the green transition of the finance sector.
Speaking at the opening of the day’s events, Ms Okonjo-Iweala stressed that...