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Turkmenistan counts on getting WTO observer status

Turkmenistan counts on getting WTO observer status

Turkmenistan hopes to get observer status in Word Trade Organization (WTO), according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. This issue was discussed during an online meeting of the officers of the Permanent Mission of …

Trump: U.S. ready to pull out of WTO and WHO

Trump: U.S. ready to pull out of WTO and WHO

U.S. President Donald Trump revealed the country is ready to pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying he will make the final decision by the end of the week. …

Global trade to plunge up to 32% due to pandemic: WTO

Global trade to plunge up to 32% due to pandemic: WTO

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Wednesday forecast up to 32% fall in the global trade this year as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts regular economic activity, Anadolu agency reported. Addressing a virtual news conference, the WTO …

WTO predicts coronavirus downturn to be worse than 2008

WTO predicts coronavirus downturn to be worse than 2008

The World Trade Organization’s chief Roberto Azevedo said that projections show the economic downturn and job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic would be worse than the 2008 recession. “This …

G20 has put up 'historically high levels' of trade barriers: WTO

G20 has put up 'historically high levels' of trade barriers: WTO

G20 economies slapped on 28 new barriers between mid-May and mid-October covering trade worth an estimated $460.4 billion, mainly via tariff increases and import bans, the World Trade Organization said, Reuters reports. The restrictions …

WTO future in doubt?

WTO future in doubt?

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on Washington’s possible withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO). According to him, it would make the organisation's further existence meaningless. …

Trump threatens to pull U.S. out of WTO

Trump threatens to pull U.S. out of WTO

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to pull the United States out of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if conditions are not improved. "We will leave if we have to," Trump said at a Shell chemical …

China to save WTO

China to save WTO

Case DS516 might well be remembered as ending the rules-based multilateral trading system

 Oreshkin: G20 has no common agreement on WTO reform yet

Oreshkin: G20 has no common agreement on WTO reform yet

Russian economy minister Maxim Oreshkin said that there was no common agreement between the G20 members on how to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO), but in Moscow’s opinion, the WTO should remain the cornerstone of …