WTO: US bid for indefinite E-com moratorium threatens South economies (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The United States together with a group of countries have intensified efforts to extend the current moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions indefinitely at the World Trade Organization's upcoming 14th ministerial conference (MC14), said people familiar with the development.

WTO: MC14 draft farm text advances despite US objections, C4 discontent (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Many members and coalitions at the World Trade Organization on 6 March appeared to cautiously welcome the draft text prepared by the chair of the Doha agriculture negotiations for the WTO's upcoming 14th ministerial conference (MC14), barring opposition from the United States as well as the Cotton-Four (C4) countries most affected by US cotton subsidies, said people familiar with the development.

Trade: UK outlines WTO reform "vision" ahead of MC14 (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
A proposal from the United Kingdom (UK) for reforming the World Trade Organization, ahead of its 14th ministerial conference (MC14), calls for an organisation that is "more relevant, more flexible and more accessible" while reiterating its concern that "the WTO matters but it is not working as it should."