June 3 — A WTO mini-ministerial met in Paris with ministers or representatives from more than 20 members, including China, the US, the EU, Australia, Brazil and the UK; WTO director-general Okonjo-Iweala attended. China's international trade negotiator and MOFCOM vice minister Li Chenggang said reform should be centred on development and that multilateral rules should be used to better achieve trade-led development, advocating trade‑investment integration to support industrialization and tighter

June 3 — A WTO mini-ministerial met in Paris with ministers or representatives from more than 20 members, including China, the US, the EU, Australia, Brazil and the UK; WTO director-general Okonjo-Iweala attended. China's international trade negotiator and MOFCOM vice minister Li Chenggang said reform should be centred on development and that multilateral rules should be used to better achieve trade-led development, advocating trade‑investment integration to support industrialization and tighter policy coordination in digital and green economy sectors. China backed discussions on fair competition — including constraints on market‑distorting industrial subsidies and improved policy transparency to strengthen multilateral disciplines and coordination — and urged a swift multilateral consensus to extend the WTO moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions.