Macron calls on U.S., EU and China to jump-start WTO reform

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PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron wants the U.S., the European Union and China to negotiate how to improve the World Trade Organization as they prepare for a G20 summit in November. "I propose a negotiation integrating initially the United States, the European Union and China, which would be rapidly extended, in particular to the G20 and OECD countries, on the reform of the WTO." Macron said in a May 30 speech at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to an informal translation. "We must quickly come together to a convergent diagnosis on the dysfunctions of the current system. I hope that we will be targeting this year's G20 in Buenos Aires for a first roadmap."