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The headquarters of the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. Next week's WTO ministerial conference was postponed at the last minute yesterday due to the new Omicron Covid-19 variant. — Reuters pic GENEVA, Nov 27 ― Next week's World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference, the global trade body's biggest gathering in four years, was postponed at the last minute yesterday due to the new Omicron Covid-19 variant. The WTO hoped the four-day gathering in Geneva would breathe new life into the crippled organisation, which has been stuck for years trying to make progress on resolving issues like fishery subsidies. New director-general...