AS THE US and China wage trade wars against it, the European Union (EU) finds itself on uncharted terrain. It must now devise battle plans that account for the vast differences – and important ...

(WTO) stated that the volume of global merchandise trade hit more than expected in Q2 2025, though its estimates indicate a possible slowdown in the r ...

Section XXI of GATT (the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) titled “Security Exceptions” makes it clear that countries have the right to abandon the rules for national security ...

SINGAPORE: Countries that support free trade should strengthen cooperation and work together to adapt to evolving global ...

OP-ED. In this op-ed for Le Monde, the director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS, the ...

Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Albanese jointly convened the Annual Leaders’ Meeting. H.E. Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, also met with Prime ...

In its Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report released in April, the WTO forecast a 0.2 percent decline in global merchandise trade volume for 2025, warning of serious downside risks stemming from ...

The volume of world merchandise trade rose 3.6% quarter-on-quarter and 5.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 as imports surged in North America in anticipation of higher tariffs in the United ...

India and the US aim to boost bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030, but talks are stalled over dairy imports. India ...

Global trade saw a boost in early 2025. The World Trade Organization reports a 5.3 percent increase in merchandise trade.

As per the WTO report, North America recorded the strongest quarter-on-quarter import growth of any region so far at 13.4%, ...

The volume of world trade in goods increased 3.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 5.3 per cent year-on-year in the first ...