The WTO's rules and institutions require an carefully sequenced update in order to address growing unilateralism and protectionist forces, writes Zhijie Ding (UC Berkeley).

In Brief The narrowing economic gap between the United States and China has led to growing use of World Trade Organization (WTO) security exceptions, a development requiring a review to prevent abuse ...

Since U.S. President Donald Trump started imposing higher import tariffs this year on most of the United States' trading partners, the share of global trade conducted under the WTO's 'most favoured ...

WTO rules fail to function — Russian Security Council "The bottom line is that all the rules and regulations of the WTO do not actually work and do not safeguard our markets," Sergey Shoigu stressed ...

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was poised to become the first African and first woman to lead the embattled World Trade Organization, after a South Korean rival withdrew on Friday and the United ...

The head of the global trade watchdog says global free trade is facing a “crisis” as U.S. President Donald Trump disrupts world commerce with his fast-changing tariffs and other policies.