Long hours, hard bargaining in last day of World Trade Organisation talks

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed (left) and Director General WTO Brazil's Roberto Azevedo during Tenth Ministerial Conference at Kenyatta International Convention Center on friday, Dec 18, 2015. PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO.

Intrigues and hard bargaining characterised the WTO talks that were to conclude last evening in Nairobi, with negotiators putting in long hours to strike deals and safeguard their delegations’ interests.

To underline the gravity of the World Trade Organisation talks in Nairobi and how hard the negotiators fought to squeeze an agreeable deal on the contentious issues that remained ever so elusive, many delegates stayed up all night Thursday.