Global trade could climb 3% in 2025 if MidEast conflicts contained, WTO says

The World Trade Organization on Thursday nudged up its forecast for global trade volumes this year and said a further pick up to 3% growth was likely in 2025, assuming Middle East conflicts are kept ... Read More

Interview: WTO chief economist views geopolitical tensions as main risk to int'l trade

Geopolitical tensions, notably those in the Middle East, remain the main risk to international trade, World Trade Organization (WTO) Chief Economist ... Read More

World Trade Organization slightly raises 2024 goods trade forecast but wary of potential setbacks

The Geneva-based WTO projected that global goods trade will increase by 2.7% this year, compared with the 2.6% it forecast in April. But it predicted growth of 3% next year, down from the 3.3% it ... Read More

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LAURA INGRAHAM: The global snobs are against Donald Trump

Fox News host Laura Ingraham rails against former President Trump's detractors, including the "super rich," "global elites" and "never-Trump hatchet men," on "The Ingraham Angle." LAURA INGRAHAM ... Read More

U.N. Chief Warns of 'Powder Keg' Engulfing the World

24, 2024, in New York City. Guterres highlighted major global crises, including wars in Gaza,... U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to world leaders, diplomats, and others during the ... Read More

Global protectionism may be holding back digital trade in Africa, WTO chief says

African countries should work together to develop regulatory systems to boost digital trade across the continent, the head of the World Trade Organization said in an interview with Semafor’s ... Read More

UN chief warns of global ‘powder keg’ as Biden pushes optimism

1:48 Trudeau calls for ‘global ... Biden warns in final UN speech When Biden came to office nearly four years ago, he pledged to restore American leadership on the world stage. Read More

“Conflicts Are Multiplying”: U.N. Chief Warns of World at War as General Assembly Kicks Off

World leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and the U.N.’s Summit of the Future. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres spoke on Sunday. Secretary-General A ... Read More

Zelenskyy warns Vance’s plan to give Russia seized land will lead to ‘global showdown’

"It will be a completely different world, a global showdown." Despite his criticism of Vance, Zelenskyy looked to highlight that he has had a different experience in his dealings with the chief ... Read More

EU Launches WTO Challenge Against China Dairy Probe

"Today, the (European) Commission launched a consultation request at the World Trade Organization, challenging China's initiation of an anti-subsidy investigation against ... in the global body's ... Read More

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By Bilal Shbair and Erika Solomon Mr. Gulen, who lived in the United States, was accused of plotting a coup against President ... or get banned from world sports. With money from an oil boom ... Read More