WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala released the Global Trade Outlook at the WTO on April 16, warning of global dangers with the U.S. and China "decoupling" their economies. She said at a ...

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, among others. The Forum underlined the ongoing importance of its mission. “At a time when the world is ...

"I'm very concerned," WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told reporters, adding that the organisation expected to see trade volumes between the United States and China crumble by a whopping 81 percent.

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned on April 10 that the US-China tariff war could slash bilateral merchandise trade by "as much as 80 percent "and "severely damage the global economic ...

Director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed concern over continued policy uncertainty and escalating tensions, particularly between the US and China. “The recent de-escalation of tariff ...

Last Friday, Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao spoke with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about the US’ tariff policies and efforts to maintain the WTO’s role in the global ...

As noted by WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, America maintains services trade surpluses with most major economies, reaching nearly $300 billion in 2024. More crucially, the U.S. holds ...

US trade is 13% of world trade. That means that there’s 87% of world trade happening between the other members of the WTO,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade ...

not strengthened’ WTO director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the enduring uncertainty threatens to act as a brake on global growth, with severe negative consequences for the world and its ...