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Global trade was down 18.5% in May. And that's the good news.

by Kimberly Adams
Jun 23, 2020
The World Trade Organization says things could have been far worse.
Cranes stand idle at the nation's busiest shipping port, the Port of Los Angeles. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, trade halted.
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The top body at the WTO is about to stop functioning

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 5, 2019
The Appellate Body, a supreme court of trade, will effectively be no more.
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva.
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How Italian cheese got caught up in a fight about airplanes

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 17, 2019
It's no accident that European food and wine is about to get more expensive in the U.S.
Scotch, French wines and Italian cheese and meats are about to get more expensive. Above, imported Parmesan cheese at Cheese Plus in San Francisco.
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WTO talks! See who's invited! (Not the U.S. or China)

by Emma Jacobs
Oct 24, 2018
With the trade feud between the U.S. and China looming, the main goal of the talks is reform.
A man is seen in silhouette leaving the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquaters on September 21, 2018 in Geneva.
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WTO talks! See who's invited! (Not the U.S. or China)

by Emma Jacobs
Oct 24, 2018
With the trade feud between the U.S. and China looming, the main goal of the talks is reform.
A man is seen in silhouette leaving the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquaters on September 21, 2018 in Geneva.
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images
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The Trump administration is trying to "effectively kill" the WTO's Appellate Body

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Oct 18, 2018
The Trump administration has been blocking the appointment and reappointment of judges to the panel as members' terms expire.
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva.
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The Trump administration is trying to "effectively kill" the WTO's Appellate Body

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Oct 18, 2018
The Trump administration has been blocking the appointment and reappointment of judges to the panel as members' terms expire.
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva.
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Five things to know about the World Trade Organization

by Tony Wagner
Jul 16, 2018
The U.S. and China have both brought new complaints to the WTO.
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Could the U.S. be heading out of the WTO?

by Aaron Schrank
Jun 29, 2018
President Donald Trump is telling White House officials he wants to pull the U.S. out of the World Trade Organization, according to news website Axios. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin later dismissed those reports as an “exaggeration.” Axios reported, citing an unnamed official, that the president had complained the WTO was designed by the rest of […]
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EU is unhappy with U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 24, 2018
When the United States imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports last month, the European Union and a handful of other key allies got a temporarily exemption that expires next week. China was not granted an exemption and took its case to the World Trade Organization. This week, the EU has decided to join that […]
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