WTO strikes global trade deals after ‘roller coaster’ talks

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By Emma Farge and Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Trade Organization agreed the first change to global trading rules in years on Friday as well as a deal to boost the supply of COVID-19 vaccines in a series of pledges that were heavy on compromise. The deals were forged in the early hours of the sixth day of a conference of more than 100 trade ministers that was seen as a test of the ability of nations to strike multilateral trade deals amid geopolitical tensions heightened by the Ukraine war. Delegates, who had expected a four-day conference, cheered after they passed seven agre…

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