“Joining the WTO is a sign of confidence in the organization and in what it can deliver for its members,” said WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy Wednesday in Geneva.
Valentin Schmid is a former business editor for the Epoch Times. His areas of expertise include global macroeconomic trends and financial markets, China, and Bitcoin. Before joining the paper in 2012, he worked as a portfolio manager for BNP Paribas in Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Hong Kong.