What the US Really Wants from MC14 in Yaoundé GENEVA, March 24 (IPS) - As trade ministers gather in Yaoundé, Cameroon, for the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) on 26–29 March 2026, the preparatory process has produced a dense fog of competing reform proposals, draft ministerial statements, and work plans.

What the US Really Wants from #WTO #MC14 in Yaoundé

The US is pushing to dismantle a foundational World Trade Organisation principle that gives developing countries equal trade treatment, while hiding this goal behind language about WTO "reform" and consensus-building negotiations

#UnequalTrade

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

Powerful piece. Trump plays hard. His #EconomicBullying gets Europe to agree to (concede?) a lot for nothing in return.

Ironically it's #UnequalTrade; typifies how the #GlobalSouth has long suffered at the hands of the North.

For Europe it's their sovereignty and democracy at stake.