Lamy: Wto Pushing For a World Growth Agenda

Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his speech to the World Bank Development Committee in Washington on 20 April 2013, said “the WTO has been at the forefront of pushing for a growth agenda, especially in the post-2015 period, and will continue to work towards securing a more central role for trade and economic growth as the process unfolds.” Noting that this was his final Development Committee meeting as WTO Director-General, he underlined the importance of WTO-World Bank collaboration, especially in Aid for Trade.

Speech: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl277_e.htm

More on the United States of America: http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/usa_e.htm

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