New Zealand-New farm boss at WTO.

NEW ZEALAND-WTO APPOINTMENT.

It’s official. Ambassador David Walker of New Zealand has been appointed the new chairperson of the WTO agriculture negotiations. Walker replaces Crawford Falconer who returned home. The selection was confirmed at a formal meeting of the agriculture negotiations. Ambassador Walker is the third New Zealand ambassador to chair the agriculture negotiations.

The present terms for chairs of the negotiating groups run from one ministerial conference to the next - usually a period of about two years - unlike the chairs of the regular WTO councils and committees, whose terms are annual.