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Global trade in goods seems set to pick up, WTO says

by Justin Ho
Nov 27, 2023
Demand for electric vehicles is a big driver of the revival.
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WTO cuts its forecast for 2023's global trade growth in half

by Savannah Peters
Oct 6, 2023
The World Trade Organization predicted trade would grow by 1.7% in 2023. It's been revised to 0.8% due in part to stubborn inflation.
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Global trade could slow down in the coming year, WTO says

by Savannah Peters
Oct 5, 2022
The World Trade Organization predicts economic shocks like higher interest rates and energy prices will slow the growth of global trade in 2023.
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Global trade was down 18.5% in May. And that's the good news.

by Kimberly Adams
Jun 23, 2020
The World Trade Organization says things could have been far worse.
Cranes stand idle at the nation's busiest shipping port, the Port of Los Angeles. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, trade halted.
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The top body at the WTO is about to stop functioning

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 5, 2019
The Appellate Body, a supreme court of trade, will effectively be no more.
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva.
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How Italian cheese got caught up in a fight about airplanes

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 17, 2019
It's no accident that European food and wine is about to get more expensive in the U.S.
Scotch, French wines and Italian cheese and meats are about to get more expensive. Above, imported Parmesan cheese at Cheese Plus in San Francisco.
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WTO talks! See who's invited! (Not the U.S. or China)

by Emma Jacobs
Oct 24, 2018
With the trade feud between the U.S. and China looming, the main goal of the talks is reform.
A man is seen in silhouette leaving the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquaters on September 21, 2018 in Geneva.
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WTO talks! See who's invited! (Not the U.S. or China)

by Emma Jacobs
Oct 24, 2018
With the trade feud between the U.S. and China looming, the main goal of the talks is reform.
A man is seen in silhouette leaving the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquaters on September 21, 2018 in Geneva.
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The Trump administration is trying to "effectively kill" the WTO's Appellate Body

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 18, 2018
The Trump administration has been blocking the appointment and reappointment of judges to the panel as members' terms expire.
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva.
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The Trump administration is trying to "effectively kill" the WTO's Appellate Body

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 18, 2018
The Trump administration has been blocking the appointment and reappointment of judges to the panel as members' terms expire.
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva.
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