A Brief History of the World Trade Organization The WTO was founded on January 1, 1995, following the Uruguay Round (the longest global trade agreement in modern history), which lasted from 1986 ...

Brussels and Berlin have launched a new initiative aimed at bypassing the long-standing paralysis of the World Trade ...

LONDON — Donald Trump wants World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to play by his rules. She’s defying his wishes. A week before Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” tariff announcement, the ...

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has proposed to EU leaders the launch of a Europe-led initiative to establish ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) warned on Wednesday that the outlook for global trade has “deteriorated sharply” in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs regime.

The World Trade Organization says the volume of trade in goods worldwide is likely to decrease by 0.2% this year due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting tariff policies and a standoff with ...

The World Trade Organization raised its outlook for global goods trade this year slightly, but cautioned Thursday that increasing geopolitical tensions and uncertainty over economy policy pose ...

President Trump, who disabled the World Trade Organization during his first term, is going after international free trade rules in place since the 1940s. Listen to this article · 5:30 min Learn more.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), speaks at a press briefing after a gathering at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 29, 2022.

WTO raises 2023 global trade growth f/cast to 1.7% (prev 1.0%) 2022 goods trade growth 2.7% vs Oct forecast of 3.5%; WTO chief urges countries to limit export curbs on food ...

The World Trade Organization says the volume of trade in goods worldwide is likely to decrease by 0.2% this year due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting tariff policies and a standoff with ...

The World Trade Organization has raised its outlook for global goods trade this year slightly, but cautions that increasing geopolitical tensions and uncertainty over economic policy pose ...