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Peter Ungphakorn

Freelance Journalist and former Senior Information Officer with the WTO Secretariat

Peter Ungphakorn was a senior information officer with the WTO Secretariat until 2015. Since then he has returned to journalism, writing part time for AgraEurope, Intellectual Property Watch and other publications, focusing mainly on international trade rules, agreements and institutions.

Opinion

Nothing simple about UK regaining WTO status post-Brexit

27 June 2016
Peter Ungphakorn
In the weeks that preceded the UK’s EU referendum, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo broke his silence over the UK leaving the EU (Brexit), first with the Financial Times , followed by Reuters , the Guardian , and others. One of his key points was that the UK would face complex talks in the...