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 ...

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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 ...

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 U.S. is turning its back on the multilateral trading system it helped create after World War II, threatening Americans’ intellectual property (“Trump Leaves Services Out of Trade Math,” U.S. News, ...

Rising external imbalances in the Asia Pacific are again threatening regional and global financial stability. With the United States retreating from trade liberalisation, APEC must use its unique ...

BEIJING, Nov. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Lima, Peru, concluded on Saturday, with leaders of 21 member economies calling for enhanced free trade and greater ...

The US, as part of the ongoing discussions on World Trade Organisation (WTO) reforms, has made a startling proposal that strikes at the core of the eight-decade-old multilateral trading order. Prima ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up and also the 17th anniversary of China’ accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Since its entry into the WTO, China 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 ...