Rappler's latest stories on world trade organization
8 contenders battle for WTO leadership
Candidates from Egypt, Mexico, Moldova, Nigeria, South Korea, Britain, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya are vying to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organization
EU trade chief Hogan drops out of WTO race
European Union Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan says he will instead focus on challenges confronting the EU
South Korea trade minister runs for WTO top job
South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee is the 5th candidate officially in the race to replace World Trade Organization Director-General Robert Azevedo
Global trade set to shrink 18.5% in Q2 2020 – WTO
The World Trade Organization expects a 'historically large' fall in trade, but says 'it could have been much worse'
China says U.S. trade sanctions on Hong Kong violate WTO rules
'If the United States disregards the fundamental principles of international relations and adopts unilateral measures according to its domestic laws, it will violate WTO rules,' says the Chinese commerce ministry
'It's time': Egyptian urges WTO to pick African as new chief
Hamid Mamdouh, a candidate for World Trade Organization director-general, says African countries are determined to take the reins of the global body for the first time
WTO to open nominations for next director on June 8
The surprise resignation of Roberto Azevedo leaves World Trade Organization members with less than 3 months to appoint his successor, a process which usually takes 9 months
WTO chief to step down early as global economic crisis rages
World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevedo says his resignation, effective August 31, is a 'personal decision' reached with his family
[OPINION] Global food security crisis not merely a ‘logistics’ issue
'The right to food and a nation’s capacity to produce domestic food should not be decided by market forces'
IMF, WTO warn against export controls on medical supplies, food
Disruptions to supply chains and misdirection of critical products could 'prolong and exacerbate the health and economic crisis'
Global trade will plunge by up to 32% in 2020 – WTO
(UPDATED) The World Trade Organization warns this 'may well be the deepest economic recession or downturn of our lifetimes'
World faces food crisis in wake of coronavirus – U.N., WHO, WTO
Over the longer term confinement orders and travel restrictions risk causing disruptions in agricultural production due to the unavailability of agricultural labor and the inability to get food to markets
WTO authorizes Chinese tariffs on $3.6B in U.S. goods in anti-dumping tiff
The decision marks the first time the World Trade Organization has authorized China to impose tariffs in a trade dispute
WTO approves U.S. tariffs worth $7.5B on EU goods in Airbus retaliation
The ruling is the largest arbitration award in World Trade Organization history and a landmark moment in the 15-year long Airbus-Boeing battle
China lodges WTO trade complaint against U.S.
'These American tariffs seriously violate the consensus reached by the leaders of our two countries in Osaka,' Beijing's commerce ministry says, referring to trade discussions in the Japanese city in June
PH urges Thailand to comply with customs valuation reforms on cigarette exports
The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the Philippines a third time in its decade-long cigarette export dispute against Thailand
WTO to probe Trump's China tariffs
Under WTO regulations, parties in a dispute can block a first request for the creation of an arbitration panel, but if the parties make a second request, it is all but guaranteed to go through
WTO talks launch in rare win for global order
The announcement by roughly half of the 164-member World Trade Organization is a rare win for international cooperation
Global trade wars risk 'millions of jobs' – WTO chief
'A continued escalation of tensions would pose real risks,' says World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo
'Shape up or we'll quit', Trump tells WTO
'If they don't shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,' Trump says, describing the agreement to set the organization up as 'the single worst trade deal ever made'
China blasts U.S. solar tariffs, takes WTO action
China's commerce ministry accuses Washington of erecting trade barriers while subsidizing its domestic industry
China files new complaint at WTO over US tariffs
'China lodged an additional complaint with the World Trade Organization... over tariffs formally implemented by the United States,' Xinhua reports, citing a statement by the commerce ministry
EU asks WTO for safeguards over U.S. steel, aluminum tariffs
'In these discussions, the European Commission is insisting on getting a full and unconditional exemption from the announced steel and aluminum tariffs'
Trump angers China, South Korea with new trade tariffs
US President Donald Trump approves steep tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines to protect US producers
U.S. says 'litigation-centered' WTO losing focus
Trump has long made the WTO a preferred target of its "America First" policy, threatening to pull Washington out of the trade organization it says is hampering its ability to compete
Under-fire WTO meets in Buenos Aires
Expectations of any kind of a breakthrough at the Buenos Aires meeting are low
Teehankee back as PH ambassador to World Trade Organization
Foreign affairs undersecretary Manuel Antonio 'Dondi' Teehankee had served in the same post from 2004 to 2011
WTO to hear Qatar's complaint against UAE over blockade
The World Trade Organization agrees to hear Qatar's complaint against the United Arab Emirates over a 5-month old blockade that has triggered a diplomatic crisis in the Gulf
Trump defiant on trade, vows to put 'America First'
China's Xi Jinping is also set to deliver a speech, likely to present a competing narrative casting China as the leader of global free trade, a role vacated by America
Qatar files WTO complaint over Gulf trade 'siege'
Qatar: The complaint accuses the siege countries of violating the WTO s core laws and conventions on trade of goods and services and trade related aspects of intellectual property
WTO faces first attack from U.S. under Trump
The US decision is a clear break from precedent and could threaten the viability of the WTO s Dispute Settlement Body DSB where major trade conflicts have been adjudicated
WTO ratifies first multilateral trade deal
Poorer countries are expected to reap the most benefits from the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization through provisions that will improve access to richer markets for their products
WTO chief says no 'indication' U.S. will quit body under Trump
During his campaign which repeatedly attacked global trade deals President elect Trump calls the WTO a disaster and said the US could quit the Geneva based body Azevedo stresses it was premature to speculate on what Trump may do in office
China says grain subsidies abide by WTO rules
The United States is challenging China s unfair trade incentives worth 100 billion
Trump says US could pull out of World Trade Organization
The Republican presidential candidate also says some countries within NATO are taking advantage of the US and America can no longer be the stupid country
China: Export curbs 'in line with WTO rules'
In response to EU and US allegations Beijing s commerce ministry says export duties and quotas over raw materials are also meant to protect the environment
Recall Teehankee DFA appointment, labor groups ask Duterte
UPDATED Teehankee says No harm was intended and all wages as sanctioned by Philippine and Swiss regulations have been long paid and settled
US challenges China over raw materials duties at WTO
These duties are China s attempt to game the system so that raw materials are cheaper for their manufacturers and more expensive for ours says US Trade Representative Michael Froman
G20 nations pledge to boost trade despite growing protectionism
UPDATED Nations pledge to oppose trade protectionism and reiterate a promise not to add new protective measures until 2018
WTO cuts 2016 global trade forecast to 2.8%
Trade is still registering positive growth albeit at a disappointing rate says WTO Director General Robert Azevedo
Thousands march in Brussels against cheap Chinese steel imports
Thousands of European steelmakers descend on the EU capital Brussels demanding that officials do more to stop the flood of cheap imports from China
Liberia joins World Trade Organization
WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo welcomed Liberia in the organisation and promising to support the west African nation
APEC 2015: Summit ends with looming trade deal competition
The leaders declaration reiterates the need for an APEC wide free trade agreement
Is Trans-Pacific Partnership friendly to small businesses?
New Zealand and Hong Kong s leaders also weigh in on a trade deal for the region while China pushes for the FTAAP
Are there alternatives to APEC's 'exploitative' agenda?
Policies should come from the people and not from governments controlled by capitalists says an activist opposing the APEC Summit
APEC: Special lanes for whom?
There was a time before APEC and before the era of globalization that people s lives got better even if slowly and sometimes haltingly and economic policy was not so methodical in supporting corporate profits and swelling oligarchic wealth
Philippines formalizes push for MSMEs adoption by WTO
The Senate also approves the bill seeking to provide micro small and medium entrepreneurs more access to micro financing
DTI chief makes final push for MSMEs initiatives
Gregory Domingo also confirms he will stay as DTI chief at least until after the country s hosting of the APEC Leaders’ Summit in November
PH gov't opens lower tariff scheme for rice importers in June
The minimum access volume scheme allows importers from the private sector to bring in rice at lower costs until 2017
APEC trade ministers meet on inclusive growth
The meetings also attended by ASEAN and WTO officials placed emphasis on cross border opportunities for SMEs
