HONG KONG — When President Donald Trump announced he would impose new tariffs on imports from countries around the world, he launched a frontal attack on the global free trade system created in the ...

Global merchandise trade slowed last quarter as the boost seen earlier this year from front-loading of orders ahead of US tariffs faded, the World Trade Organization said.

After nearly 25 years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) finally has its first legally binding agreement to tackle government fisheries subsidies. After two-thirds of WTO members ...

“I think it’s maybe understatement of the century to say that global trade is facing the greatest disruption in 80 years.” It’s a significant statement from anyone, let alone Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ...

pv magazine spoke with energy and environmental law expert Anatole Boute about the past and future role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in regulating trade disputes related to clean energy ...

Although the World Trade Organization (WTO) has become less of a force in the world economy lately, there has been a growing discussion about it here in the United States. It centers around the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Global free trade is in crisis, the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba on Tuesday. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - As it seeks a new chief to lead it out of a negotiating death-spiral, the World Trade Organization looks doomed to be fatally undermined by new global carve-ups that will leave many ...

Her reappointment could be approved in mid-December, but the U.S. or another WTO member could still object. World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has cleared a major hurdle in ...

The new leader will be the first woman and first African to helm the WTO. For the first time in its history, the World Trade Organization will be led by a woman. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a native of ...