Photo: AFPIs this going to be the mother of all trade ministerial summits? That is a question that will face 164 trade ministers when they congregate in Buenos Aires on 10 December. The Uruguay Round of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) trade negotiations which began in 1986 were supposed to conclude in Brussels in December 1990. Therefore, the US doesn’t want any negotiated outcomes at Buenos Aires, including a ministerial declaration that sets out the priorities for work after the eleventh ministerial conference in Buenos Aires. The two trans-Atlantic elephants have their priorities set out for Buenos Aires and the question remains: who will become more roguish?

Source: Mint November 21, 2017 18:52 UTC