China Urges WTO Members to Rise Against ‘Unilateralism and Protectionism’

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during the WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde on March 26, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

China called on Thursday on countries gathered for a high-level World Trade Organization meeting in Cameroon to battle protectionism and attacks on a multilateral trading system facing an “existential challenge”.

Speaking at the opening of the WTO’s ministerial meeting in Yaounde, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao urged countries to “jointly oppose acts of unilateralism and protectionism”.

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by Agence France-Presse

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