Few concrete proposals are on the table to move the reform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) forward, lamented Cecilia Malmström, European Trade Commissioner, on her return from Shanghai on Wednesday 6 November, in her report to the European Parliament on the outcome of the discussions at the mini-ministerial on 5 November convened by the Chinese government.
Even more “acute” – Malmström reminded MEPs of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade – was the...