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The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on member countries of the Organisation to fast-track the ratification of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies to check overfishing in the oceans. Speaking to about twenty-three journalists selected from developing countries in Geneva, Switzerland, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala bemoaned the ramifications of overfishing on global sustainability and urged the journalists to help trigger their respective governments to join the 43 countries that had already ratified the Agreement to save the global fish stock in years to come. “It is good to negotiate an agreement but getting it to enter…

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has lauded Ghana’s e-commerce system, adding that it can be learned by other countries on the continent. The Deputy Director General of the WTO, Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang disclosed this to Joy Business on the sidelines of the Public Forum Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Zhang said Ghana’s e-commerce ecosystem has propelled strong growth through the necessary structures instituted by authorities in the country. “We are also not surprised by this development in Ghana based on the reforms that the country has undertaken over the years. Ghana has also introduced policies that has helped reformed the…