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The Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference

The Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 10 to 13 December 2017.  Former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr. Edward Yau, was one of the three Vice Chairs of MC11 who presided over the plenary sessions, the moderator of a meeting on Investment Facilitation, and the facilitator of a meeting on the initiative to promote the participation of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in the global value chain.  MC11 concluded with Ministerial Decisions on five areas, including Work Programme on Electronic Commerce; fisheries subsidies; trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) non-violation and situation complaints; Work Programme on Small Economies; and the creation of the working party on accession for South Sudan.