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 ...

The shared commitment of Global South countries to defending the multilateral trading system has become a major force ...

For the best part of a century, the world trade has grown exponentially on the back of rule-based multilateral trading system. The year of 2025 witnessed the 30th anniversary of the World Trade ...

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 ...

FILE PHOTO: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visits China BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Britain and the European Union on Tuesday to safeguard multilateral trading ...

As trade officials gather on the calm shores of Lake Geneva for the World Trade Organization’s long-delayed 12th ministerial conference, a perfect storm is brewing in the multilateral trading system.

China's food imports have increased significantly since the nation joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. Annual imports and net imports of food reached US$160 and US$93 billion, ...

Regulator to consult on technology provider, request-for-quote system and pre-arranged transaction system use cases that challenge the trading venue regulatory perimeter. ESMA has set out plans to ...

The international economic architecture built after 1945 was based on a powerful idea: economic interdependence is crucial, if insufficient, for global peace and prosperity. The International Monetary ...

Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao met with Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell, who was leading a delegation to the China International Import Expo (CIIE), in Shanghai on Tuesday. The two ...