Free trade seems to have few supporters these days. Though actual trade volumes are recovering from the post-crisis recession and drop in commodity prices, “globalization” has become increasingly ...

The first quarter of 2026 has begun to look like a stress test for the global trading system. Trade fragmentation continues ...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Wednesday said that a robust and reformed World Trade Organization (WTO) is critical for developing countries, cautioning that rising ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization attends an interview with Reuters in Geneva, ...

The European Union is heavily reliant – for its growth, prosperity, and economic stability – on a functioning multilateral trading system. Since 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has embodied ...

Progress in global trade governance owes a lot to European and US collaboration. But as the US renounces its role of chief trade architect, the EU must consider alternative options After the second ...

China's food imports have increased significantly since the nation joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. Annual imports and net imports of food reached US$160 and US$93 billion, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visits China BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged ...

Today the world is on a knife edge - war and conflict are piercing the heart of our multilateral system and our global confidence. Russia’s war against Ukraine, the war in Gaza and the crisis in the ...

The conclusion comes as part of a consultation on the scope of a multilateral trading venue launched by the EU watchdog in January last year to level the playing field. EU markets watchdog ESMA has ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Monday that some of the United States' criticisms of the multilateral trading system were valid. "I think that a lot of the ...