

WTO looks to reach trade deals with its fate on the line


By JAMEY KEATEN GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization is facing one of its most dire moments, the culmination of years of slide toward oblivion and ineffectiveness. Now may be a chance to turn the tide and reemerge as a champion of free and fair trade — or face a future further in doubt. For the first time in 4 1/2 years, after a pandemic pause, government ministers from WTO countries will gather