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The WTO said it now expected global trade to shrink by just 9.2% this year instead of its earlier prediction for a 12.9% slump

WTO sees softer-than-expected global trade drop

Business • 06 Oct

The WTO said the US duties broke trading rules because they applied only to China and were above maximum rates agreed to by the US

US broke trade rules by putting tariffs on China - WTO

Business • 16 Sep

Britain's Liam Fox is one of eight candidates looking for the job top at the WTO

Who's in the running for WTO leadership?

Business • 31 Aug

Roberto Azevedo, the head of the WTO, steps down from the post today

Damaged WTO now leaderless as chief Azevedo steps down

Business • 31 Aug

Roberto Azevedo on August 31 will step down as WTO Director-General after seven years at the helm

Departing WTO chief gets top job at PepsiCo

Business • 20 Aug

WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo expects the impact of Covid-19 on world trade to be 'very substantial'

Global trade hit by restrictions during Covid-19 - WTO

Business • 24 Jul

The UK's former trade secretary Liam Fox is to be nominated for the top job at the WTO

UK nominates former minister Liam Fox for top WTO role

Business • 08 Jul

The second quarter drop in world trade could have been much worse, the WTO said today

Global trade to shrink 18.5% in Q2, defying worst fears

Business • 23 Jun

Phil Hogan said last week he was "exploring the option" of seeking to become director-general of the WTO

EU executive to partly shield Hogan from public view

Business • 16 Jun

Phil Hogan was appointed to the Trade brief last year

Hogan 'exploring idea' of applying for WTO top job

Politics • 30 May

The WTO has warned that 2020's trafde numbers would be 'ugly'

Global trade to plunge up to 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

Business • 08 Apr

For the first time, the daily death toll globally from Covid-19 has passed 4,000

At a glance: Latest global Covid-19 developments

Coronavirus • 01 Apr

The WTO also said the below-trend trade performance could become even worse due to the new coronavirus

WTO gives sombre goods trade outlook, sees virus threat

Business • 17 Feb

A 'multi-party interim appeal arrangement' for appealing global trade dispute rulings agreed at Davos

Temporary trade dispute appeal system agreed at Davos

Business • 24 Jan

China, which became a member of the WTO only in 2001, has gained $86 billion from membership

US and China biggest WTO winners - study

Business • 30 Dec 19

Phil Hogan is the European Union's new trade commissioner

US trade offensive takes out WTO as global referee

Business • 10 Dec 19

15 countries have raised concerns over the so-called Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) that will be in place after Brexit

WTO members warn on post-Brexit market access

Business • 15 Nov 19

The US and EU accuse each other of paying billions in subsidies to Boeing and Airbus in cases dating back to 2004

The jet subsidy row that threatens a trade war

Business • 03 Oct 19

The WTO has found that both Europe's Airbus and its US rival Boeing received billions of dollars of illegal subsidies

US to hit EU with tariffs starting 18 October

Business • 02 Oct 19

Irish whiskey is one of the targets on the US list of 89 additional proposed tariffs

US threatens tariffs on EU cheese, pork and whiskey

World • 02 Jul 19

Participants attend prior to a G20 meeting in Fukuoka, Japan

Trade tensions have 'intensified' - G20 finance chiefs

World • 09 Jun 19

WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo declined to predict the impact of Brexit on world trade

WTO says global trade slowed in fourth quarter

Business • 02 Apr 19

The e-commerce rules talks were announced by the EU's top trade official, Cecilia Malmstrom, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos

75 countries launch WTO e-commerce talks at Davos

Business • 25 Jan 19

WTO's Tim Yeend said in Dublin today that uncertainty and tension categorise the current state of the global economy

WTO working more closely with UK on Brexit

Business • 19 Nov 18

US President Donald Trump has become involved in trade rows with traditional allies

Donald Trump's trade disputes

World • 31 Aug 18

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