Australian PM: WTO needs mending to keep up with the times

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends a joint press conference at the Istana or Presidential Palace in Singapore, Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the World Trade Organization needs mending to keep up with the times.

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He said Friday that many leaders attending the Group of 20 summit in Osaka later this month share the view that there is a need to modernize the WTO and its rules.

“We need to mend it, we don’t need to break it, and mending it requires a lot of partnership,” he said. “Just now it’s the technical practical things that need to get done.”

Morrison was speaking at a meeting organized by the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.

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