Cotton: Partnership gains traction as WTO members discuss sectoral developments
WTO members reviewed global cotton market trends and the path ahead for the cotton sector at meetings in Geneva on 26 October. The meetings follow the marking of World Cotton Day in Uzbekistan earlier…
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Deputy Director-General Jean-Marie Paugam welcomed members and observers to WTO headquarters in Geneva for the first of two sessions. Discussions in the morning, which he chaired, focused on development assistance to the cotton sector, while those in the afternoon - chaired by Ambassador Ali Sarfraz Hussain (Pakistan) - considered trade-related developments. Both meetings are part of a series of consultations organized biannually by the WTO, with participation from other international organizations.
DDG Paugam opened by noting that in recent months the Partenariat pour le Coton (Cotton Partnership) had made "concrete progress," with the Partenariat Secretariat developing and sharing a structured action plan outlining short-, medium-, and long-term objectives.
The Cotton Partnership is a flagship initiative launched in February 2024 to mobilize large-scale investment in Africa's cotton sector.
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