Introduction In recent years, trade tensions and tariff battles have rippled through the North American auto industry, ...

GENEVA -- The World Trade Organization says the volume of trade in goods worldwide is likely to decrease by 0.2% this year due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting tariff policies and a ...

From the Smoot-Hawley Act to Trump’s current trade war, economic history clearly demonstrates that protectionism is not only ...

According to the WTO, US President Donald Trump's shifting tariff policies could decline global trade by 0.2% this year. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) says the volume of trade in goods ...

The WTO has deemed the impact of Trump’s tariff overhaul and ongoing uncertainty a “crisis” and warned that if the situation ...

Director-General of the WTO talks to the media about this WTO's "Global Trade Outlook and Statistics - April 2025" during a press conference at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization in ...

The blanket tariffs, once considered extreme, still threaten to harm world trade and make everything more expensive for businesses and consumers. By Patricia Cohen Patricia Cohen reports on global ...

Tendencies toward lowering tariff barriers have ... between Europe and the rest of the world was being rapidly restored. International trade increased more rapidly than production. With increasing ...

“Moreover, tariffs are a policy lever with wide-ranging, and often unintended consequences. In a world of growing trade tensions, a clear-eyed view of those trade-offs is more important than ever.

Cutting off Chinese imports complicates American supply ... to the World Trade Organization, the body that governs global commerce and to which Beijing has appealed in its tariff dispute with ...