Addis Ababa, March 13, 2026 (ENA)—World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala has commended Ethiopia for making strong progress in its negotiations to join the global trade body.

While the US and Saudi Arabia have damaged shipping’s emissions-reduction agreement, multilateralism can still prevail at this month’s talks.

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Ahead of the first session of the Conference Preparatory Committee and the Working Group for the negotiations of a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity, which will ...