EU trade chief expresses support for Japan's push to reform WTO

The European Union's head of trade said Thursday she will support at a Group of 20 summit meeting in Japan next June efforts to push to reform the World Trade Organization.The European Union and Japan see reform as necessary to check dubious trade practices by members such as China and to create a more level playing field."It is true that the WTO needs to be reformed, updated, modernized," European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom told Kyodo News and its member newspapers in Brussels, adding the European Union will support Japan over the issue when it takes over the G-20 presidency …READ FULL ARTICLE