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China-U.S. Trade Hits WTO-Era Low

Published January 3, 2025

China’s trade with the U.S. fell to 11 percent of its total goods trade in 2024, its lowest since joining the WTO in 2001. Beijing has shifted exports toward Southeast Asia and imports to Brazil and Australia. Tensions may rise…

Incumbent WTO Director-General is Sole Candidate for Another Term

Published November 10, 2024

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will serve another four-year term in the role when her current term ends at the end of August 2025. Okonjo-Iweala was the sole candidate. She is a Nigerian economist and has led the WTO…

WTO Leader Seeks Rule Changes for Agriculture

Published July 5, 2024

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is urging WTO members to update its rules for food and agriculture to address the current challenges facing those sectors. In particular, the director-general wants policy updates for the sustainable management of land and…

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China Challenges U.S. EV Tax Credits

Published March 29, 2024

China has begun a World Trade Organization dispute with the United States over the use of tax credits to promote the production of electric vehicles and renewable energy projects. China claims the tax credits created under the Inflation Reduction Act…

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WTO Ministerial Underway in Geneva

Published June 13, 2022

This if the first World Trade Organization conference in nearly five years. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the world has changed over that time. "I wish I could say for better, but it has certainly become more complicated. We are…

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WTO Members Asked to Address Food Security

Published May 25, 2022

The World Trade Organization will meet for a ministerial conference in mid-June. Ahead of the event, the WTO’s director general said agriculture needs to address the potential food crisis, but gaps remain between key trading partners.

Food Security or Global Unrest

Published April 14, 2022

The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and the United Nations World Food Program are calling for action on global food security. In a joint statement, the four organizations said the global food supply is being stressed by…

A Reduction in Trade Costs

Published December 2, 2021

Sixty-seven World trade Organization members have agreed to ease the regulatory process and increase transparency for international trade. The United States is one of the countries signing off on this agreement. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates this…

WTO Ministerial Postponed

Published November 29, 2021

This week’s World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference has been postponed due to travel restrictions associated with the latest strain of the COVID virus. This conference was scheduled to start tomorrow and continue through Friday. With the pandemic and supply chain…

WTO Dispute Panel to Consider Barley Duties

Published June 1, 2021

The World Trade Organization plans to establish a dispute settlement panel to consider a complaint by Australia. China imposed anti-dumping duties of nearly 74 percent and countervailing duties of seven percent on Australian barley last year. The action has been…

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China-U.S. Trade Hits WTO-Era Low

Incumbent WTO Director-General is Sole Candidate for Another Term

WTO Leader Seeks Rule Changes for Agriculture

China Challenges U.S. EV Tax Credits

WTO Ministerial Underway in Geneva

WTO Members Asked to Address Food Security

Food Security or Global Unrest

A Reduction in Trade Costs

WTO Ministerial Postponed

WTO Dispute Panel to Consider Barley Duties

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