WTO Chair Fight Selecting new chairs to lead the agriculture and rules negotiating bodies may soon get settled. The rich countries wanted Clare Kelly to lead agriculture. She would be one more New Zealander and Cairns member pushing liberalization in agriculture. However, the compromise candidate is now Alparsian Acarsoy of Turkiye, a country that both physically straddles east and west but is increasingly in global negotiating middle. Choosing a chair to lead rules was controversial because it includes fisheries and developing countries feared an anti-subsidy crusader. The compromise candidate may be Petter Oleberg, of Norway, a country quite familiar with importance of fisheries.  Leveraging Trade Benefits First Ethiopia, then Gui...

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