MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: OPENING OF THE 14TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION-WTO-CM14 THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2026 IN YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON
The reform of the World Trade Organization-WTO, but also the promotion of electronic commerce, agriculture and industrialization with the development of Special Economic Zones in Least Developed Countries-LDCs, constitute the key themes at the center of the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization-WTO-CM14 which opened this Thursday, March 26, 2026 in Yaoundé, Cameroon and in which the Trade Ministers of 166 member countries of this organization which regulates international trade take part.
African countries, through the Cameroonian Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Atangana Mbarga, are pleading for fair, open and inclusive multilateral trade, but also for the establishment of the Agreement on Investment Facilitation, like the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement; an idea defended by the Democratic Republic of Congo through its Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, during the strategic meeting of Less Developed Countries held the day before the start of this major business meeting.
From the top of this platform, the Director General of the World Trade Organization-WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala denounced the major crises on the planet including the war in the Middle East which have a negative impact on international trade.
Furthermore, she declared that Africa is a continent of opportunities, hence it must benefit from support in different areas including new technologies with the transfer of skills, to thus increase the volume of its exports.
Giving the go for this work which will last 4 days, on behalf of President Paul Biya, the Prime Minister of Cameroon, Joseph Dion Ngute called on developed countries to support Least Developed Countries-LDCs in the construction and modernization of infrastructure to facilitate trade including cross-border posts to stop
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Note that the world's Trade Ministers have just started strategic meetings.
