The 12th WTO Ministerial Conference concluded and achieved results such as exemption of food purchases from export bans – Xinhua English.news.cn

Securities Times Network News, CCTV News reported that in the early morning of the 17th local time, the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization was successfully concluded. This session achieved a number of outcomes that far exceeded expectations, including the WTO Ministerial Declaration on Response to the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic and Preparedness for Future Pandemics, the Ministerial Declaration on Emergency Response to Food Insufficiency, Ministerial decisions on export bans or restrictions, e-commerce work plan, ministerial decisions on intellectual property exemptions for Covid-19 vaccines, and fisheries subsidy agreements. The 12th WTO Ministerial Conference opened in Geneva on the 12th. In the early morning of the 17th, consensus was reached on a number of issues and the negotiations ended.