Yaounde, March 26 -- At the 14th WTO ministerial conference, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addressed the gathering with a stark message about the changing global trade landscape.

She highlighted that the multilateral trade system has irrevocably shifted, and that nations must now focus on how to adapt and reform the system for the future.

"The world order and multilateral system we used to know has irrevocably changed. We will not get it back. We must look to the future," Okonjo-Iweala stated during her speech to delegates. This remark underscored the significant challenges that the global trading system faces in the current geopolitical climate.

Despite this, Okonjo-Iweala pointed out that 72% of global trade still operates...