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 ...

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.

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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The World Trade Organization chief said on Thursday that any tit-for-tat trade wars prompted by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats would have catastrophic consequences for global ...

OPINION: It’s time to speak plainly: The World Trade Organization has become the World Trade Fiasco. The moment it admitted China as a full member in 2001, the WTO undermined its legitimacy and ...

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 ...