WTO Navigates Reform Amid Global Trade Tensions

WTO Navigates Reform Amid Global Trade Tensions

WTO Navigates Reform Amid Global Trade Tensions Amidst ongoing global trade tensions, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are pushing to end years of negotiation paralysis. Internal documents reveal critical reform talks are underway to adapt to bypasses of the multilateral system by the United States via sweeping tariffs that prompted bilateral agreements.WTO members, understanding the urgency, are considering various reforms such as …

WTO DG: “More than ever, all eyes are on us”

On 15 July 2025, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General, at its Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), said that the world was looking to…

More than ever all eyes are on us, says WHO Director General Okonjo-Iweala - Caribbean News Global

GENEVA, Switzerland – “The world is looking to the WTO to respond to issues that impact lives, livelihoods and the future prospects of the businesses that drive trade,” director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told a meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 15 July. Speaking in her capacity as chair of the TNC, the director-general said that with trade in the global spotlight a “genuine shift in negotiating mindset and political will” is…