维护世贸规则促进多边主义

Group 1 - The World Trade Organization (WTO) is facing significant challenges to its multilateral trade system, particularly due to the U.S. "reciprocal tariffs" policy, which undermines the rules-based order [1] - China emphasizes the importance of an open and stable international economic order based on rules, advocating for collective action among WTO members to strengthen the multilateral trade system [1][3] - The recent high-level economic talks between China and the U.S. in Geneva have yielded substantial results, including an agreement to lower tariffs, which reflects key WTO principles such as free trade and predictability [2] Group 2 - The ongoing trade tensions present a critical opportunity for the WTO to address its systemic weaknesses and focus on necessary reforms, with a consensus among members to prioritize this at the upcoming 2026 Ministerial Conference [3] - Despite the progress made in U.S.-China talks, the U.S. has not returned to a multilateral trade framework based on WTO rules, continuing to engage in bilateral negotiations that deviate from the "most-favored-nation" principle [4] - For the WTO to enhance its role in facilitating trade negotiations, it will need to adopt more flexible negotiation formats to align bilateral and plurilateral outcomes with multilateral trade rules [4]