WTO suffers fresh blow after reform push hits wall in Cameroon

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The U.S. and the European Union argue China in particular has taken advantage of current rules to their detriment.
46% : Developing countries opposing a lengthy extension argue that the moratorium denies them potential tax revenue.
42% : Expectations for progress had been low before the talks but there were hopes the moratorium would at least be extended World Trade Organization talks broke up on Monday with ⁠no agreement on a plan for reform or even on extending a moratorium on e-commerce, piling more pressure on the trade body that finds itself increasingly sidelined by economic nationalism.

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