Trade envoys participating in a one-day retreat on Monday expressed mixed views on issues of transparency, inclusion and small green room meetings, while unable to reach any convergence on the core issue of finding innovative approaches to replace the consensus-based decision-making at the World Trade Organization, said people familiar with the developments. During the retreat, trade envoys apparently held frank discussions on a raft of issues based on the questions circulated by the chair of the WTO’s General Council, Ambassador Petter Olberg of Norway.
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