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 ...
Progress in global trade governance owes a lot to European and US collaboration. But as the US renounces its role of chief trade architect, the EU must consider alternative options After the second ...
The European Union is heavily reliant – for its growth, prosperity, and economic stability – on a functioning multilateral trading system. Since 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has embodied ...
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, tells CNBC's Martin Soong: "We were beginning to take multilateralism and the multilateral trading system for granted." Speaking ...
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 ...
It is not every day that a former chief trade negotiator for the U.S. and the titular leader of the U.S. foreign policy establishment urges the abandonment of a rule-based international trading system ...
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 ...
The conclusion comes as part of a consultation on the scope of a multilateral trading venue launched by the EU watchdog in January last year to level the playing field. EU markets watchdog ESMA has ...
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, ...
FILE PHOTO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization attends an interview with Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Cecile Mantovani/File Photo ...