“Re-globalization presents an opportunity for developing countries to move beyond their traditional areas of specialization in exporting primary products, and to occupy a more prominent place in the spheres of innovation, transformation, industrial production and marketing.” That was the key message on 29 October of H.E. Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d’Ivoire, who delivered the latest edition of the Presidential Lecture under the WTO’s Presidential Lecture Series.World Trade Organization — Latest news