TPP deal to have positive impact on global trade talks: WTO chief

SINGAPORE — The chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said today (May 25) the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal, if reached, would have a positive impact on the WTO’s global trade talks.

“Some suggest that such agreements may undermine our efforts to build a stronger multilateral trading system. I fundamentally disagree with that assessment,” WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo said at a seminar organised by the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies and the Temasek Foundation in Singapore.