WTO outlines six areas of action to deliver on SDGs, climate transition

SIX areas of action were needed to deliver on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as climate transition, said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation.

Speaking at the New Development Bank’s ninth annual meeting, held in Cape Town, on Friday, she said there were daunting challenges facing emerging markets and developing economies.

UN Trade and Development (Unctad) estimates there is a $4 trillion (about R17.8 trillion) annual...