A meeting of the General Council of the World Trade Organization took place in Geneva on October 5-6, 2026. Under the fourth agenda item, dedicated to WTO reform, Kumar Iyer, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the organization, delivered a statement. The details of the statement itself and specific proposals for reforming the WTO are not specified. The question of reform of the World Trade Organization remains one of the key issues for the multilateral trading system: member states are discussing the need to modernize dispute settlement mechanisms, rules governing subsidies, and adapt the organization to contemporary economic challenges. The General Council is the highest governing body of the WTO between ministerial conferences and convenes regularly to address current matters concerning the organization's functioning.