| "LDCs' trade interests have always been at the forefront of the WTO's work from the 1st to the 12th Ministerial Conference," said Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang in his keynote address to a thematic round table at the Fifth United Nations Conference on Least-Developed Countries (LDCs) on 7 March. "Only in the WTO can LDCs play a key role in shaping global trade rules that respond to their interests," he stressed. |