Trade negotiations in 2016

WTO members focused on implementing outcomes from the Nairobi and Bali ministerial conferences and on responding to instructions from ministers in Nairobi on trade negotiations. Following a period of reflection in the first half of the year, there was re-energized and constructive engagement from July onwards across several areas of negotiations as members began to look towards the 11th Ministerial Conference to be held in Buenos Aires in December 2017. In response to the success in Bali and Nairobi, the private sector urged the WTO to deliver further outcomes to boost growth and development.