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Roberto Azevedo

From Geneva, HARDtalk meets head of the World Trade Organisation, Roberto Azevedo. The organisation is at risk of looking irrelevant, what can they do to avoid a global trade war?

Stephen Sackur is in Geneva to talk to the head of the World Trade Organisation Roberto Azevedo. The WTO is supposed to oversee free and fair global trade but right now, the organisation risks looking impotent and even irrelevant. President Donald Trump is making good on his promises on tariffs and protectionism and the Chinese are threatening to respond in kind. What can the WTO do to avoid a global trade war?

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Sat 31 Mar 201807:30GMT
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