{"id":2884,"date":"2018-10-04T19:25:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T19:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/canada-is-not-inviting-the-us-or-china-to-wto-reform-meeting\/"},"modified":"2018-10-04T19:25:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T19:25:35","slug":"canada-is-not-inviting-the-us-or-china-to-wto-reform-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/canada-is-not-inviting-the-us-or-china-to-wto-reform-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada is not inviting the US or China to WTO reform meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Canada has not invited the US or China to a high-level meeting on reforming the World Trade Organisation (WTO). <\/p>\n

The country will host a “small group of like-minded” trade ministers in Ottawa in late October to discuss the global trade body. <\/p>\n

Officials say countries like the US and China will be included at a later date in the reforms discussion process. <\/p>\n

The European Union, Australia, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea are expected to attend. <\/p>\n

Brazil, Chile, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland are also invited to the 24 and 25 October meeting. <\/p>\n

“We recognize the challenges inside the WTO and believe in finding ways to do the work necessary to push for reforms,” said Joseph Pickerill, a press officer for federal International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr, in a statement to the BBC. <\/p>\n

“Canada is leading that effort.”<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has made no secret of his dislike of multilateral international trade deals, and has threatened to pull the United States out of the WTO “if they don’t shape up”.<\/p>\n