Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged the ministerial conference to launch the next chapter of multilateral trading ...

Kumar emphasised the continued importance of consensus-based decision-making, a cornerstone of the WTO framework, and ...

Global trade volume growth in 2025 is expected to hit 2.4%, up sharply from a previous estimate. For 2026, however, the organization slashed its previous expectation of 1.8% trade volume growth to a ...

The World Trade Organization slashed its forecast for merchandise trade this year as soaring U.S. tariffs and broader uncertainty hammer international commerce. The Geneva-based WTO expects the volume ...

Director-General World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala walks on the opening day of Bled Strategic Forum in Bled, Slovenia September 1, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic GENEVA (Reuters) -The ...

Amid the headlines and noise of the latest tariffs from Washington and the growing fears about the state of global trade, a quiet movement to support free and open commerce is taking place in world ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is betting that artificial intelligence could provide a major boost to global trade in the next 15 years. In a recent report, the WTO projects that AI could bring ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Trade Organization sharply lowered its 2026 forecast for global merchandise trade volume growth to 0.5% on Tuesday, citing expected delayed impacts from U.S. President ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The World Trade Organization slashed its forecast for merchandise trade this year as soaring U.S. tariffs and broader uncertainty hammer ...