Switzerland's secretary of state for economic affairs, says she is "worried" about the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Helene Budliger Artieda made the statement on the sidelines of the WTO ministerial meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon, last week. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Of course we're worried," Helene Budliger Artieda told the Keystone-ATS news agency on Friday during the WTO meeting in Cameroon. The WTO remains the preferred route for a small country like Switzerland, even if Bern - "not naive" - is also committed to bilateral channels. On Thursday, United States representative Jamieson Greer did not hide the fact that the US might move forward with others outside the WTO framework on certain issues. Washington also wants to tackle the most-favoured-nation principle, which stipulates that an advantage granted to one country should be granted to all the others. The European Union also wants this principle to be discussed. Switzerland ...
