World Trade Organisation
The case for a multilateral trade organisation without America
Joint action can protect open, rules-based commerce and counter the US’ divide-and-rule tactics
AI to boost global trade by 40%; Singapore cited as regulatory model: WTO report
The Republic is highlighted as an example of how resource-constrained economies can effectively leverage AI by adapting existing open-weight models rather than developing proprietary ones from scratch
A stress test for global trade
The WTO core still holds, but members must use this crisis to push reform
India proposes counter duties against US, notice to WTO shows
[NEW DELHI] India has proposed to levy import duties on some products made in the United States to counter Washington’s tariffs on steel and aluminium products produced in Asia’s No.3 economy, a notic...
WTO members signal progress on draft e-commerce deal
About half of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) members reached a preliminary deal on e-commerce that would permanently ban tariffs on digital transactions that are zipping across borders at twice ...
The WTO may be on its last legs
TO DESCRIBE the outcome of the WTO meeting in Abu Dhabi as a mere “failure” would be an understatement. The recent 13th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) struggled mightily wit...
Global trade growth poised for Q3 rebound: WTO
GLOBAL trade growth will grow at a “moderate pace” in the third quarter of the year, continuing the uptick from the prior period after two quarters of decline, the World Trade Organization said.
Multilateralism is still better
WASHINGTON, DC – The great statesmanship and leadership that the United States showed during and after World War II is well known. America was the world’s preeminent political, economic, and military ...
Death of the WTO is no ‘glass onion’ mystery
In slowly killing off the World Trade Organization, the US is abandoning not only an institution that it helped build, but also its own long-held belief that increasing trade and removing trade barrie...
Singapore, other WTO members aim to firm up e-commerce agreement in 2023
SOME 22 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have agreed to exercise “pragmatism and flexibility” in order to speed up negotiations for a key e-commerce agreement. They now aim to reach a su...