WTO Meeting Ends in Stalemate After US Criticism
(WorldNews China)

The World Trade Organizations biennial meeting ended on a sour note on Wednesday after a number of U.S. criticisms and member country vetoes, raising concerns that the governing body may not be able to navigate the increasingly disputed global trade, according to Reuters. Ministers gathered in Buenos Aires were not anticipated to agree on major trade reforms, but even normally small issues like proposals on e-commerce of fishing subsidy cuts failed to develop into headway. `We have not achieved any multilateral outcomes,` European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told a news conference. `The sad reality is that we did not even agree to stop subsidizing illegal fishing.` Malmstrom...