TWN Briefings for 14th WTO Ministerial Conference
Yaounde, Cameroon, 26-29 March 2026

• MC14 exposed US heavy hand at the WTO; developing countries need each other
  by Kinda Mohamadieh
• The WTO security exception potentially at the center of the fight for a new trading order
  by Kinda Mohamadieh
• What the US Really Wants from MC14 in Yaoundé
  by Chien Yen Goh & Kinda Mohamadieh
• Background note on WTO decision making
• The 14th Ministerial Conference of the WTO and the outstanding mandates on agriculture: Key issues for developing countries
  by Ranja Sengupta
• Remaking the multilateral rules-based trade system: The plurilateral gameplan at MC14
  by Professor Emeritus Jane Kelsey, LLB (Hons), BCL (Ox), MPhil (Camb), PhD (Akl)
• Issues related to Special and Differential Treatment (S&DT)
  by Abhijit Das
• The real blockers of the WTO system
  by Jane Kelsey & Abhijit Das


• Comments on the investment facilitation framework: Are there real benefits to bringing it under the umbrella of the WTO?
  by Kinda Mohamadieh
  Commentary on the investment facilitation text

TWN News Update on 14th WTO Ministerial Conference
Yaounde, Cameroon, 26-29 March 2026

• TWN MC14 Update No. 9: MC14 Collapses as U.S. Strategy Derails Yaoundé Negotiations
  by Goh Chien Yen (30 Mar 26)

• TWN MC14 Update No. 8: Allowing Non-Violation Complaints: A Threat Developing Countries Cannot Afford
  by K M Gopakumar (29 Mar 26)

• TWN MC14 Update No. 7: Silenced in Yaoundé: The WTO's Quiet War on Civil Society
  by Goh Chien Yen (28 Mar 26)

• TWN MC14 Update No. 6: Push to Dismantle Development at the WTO
  by Goh Chien Yen (28 Mar 26)

• TWN MC14 Update No. 5: Asia's Big Three Find Common Ground at MC14, But Cracks Show on Key Fronts
  by Goh Chien Yen (27 Mar 26)

• TWN MC14 Update No. 4: China Defends WTO Core Principles
  by Goh Chien Yen (27 Mar 26)

• TWN MC14 Update No. 3: U.S. Tells WTO: The Age of Multilateralism Is Over
  by Goh Chien Yen (27 Mar 26)

• TWN MC14 Update No. 2: The Moratorium Trap: Why Developing Countries Are Drawing the Line on E-Commerce at MC14
  by Goh Chien Yen (26 Mar 26)

• TWN WTO MC14 Update No. 1: A Nudge Towards Incorporating IFDA
  by Goh Chien Yen (25 Mar 26)