U.S. blocks joint statement at OECD ministerial meeting, avoids confrontation

Paris, Jun 4 (EFE) - The belligerence of Donald Trump's administration has prevented a common communiqué at the end of the annual ministerial meeting of the OECD on Wednesday, which strives to avoid a confrontation with its main member country, but without renouncing its founding principles of liberalism. CAMERA: VAL TORRES. FOOTAGE OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) IN PARIS AND FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE. ALSO, SOUNDBITES OF THE COSTA RICAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MANUEL TOVAR, AND OECD SECRETARY-GENERAL MATHIAS CORMANN.