Argentina deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 22 July. Ambassador Gustavo ...

In the wake of Trump’s global trade war, can the World Trade Organization reclaim its role as guardian of free trade?

When I sat down to write an article "WTO at 10" for a commemorative book for the occasion in 2005, little did I know of the huge challenges the WTO and the multilateral trading system would have to ...

Once considered the crown jewel of post-war economic cooperation, the WTO was neither mentioned in the joint press statements ...

Ambassador Gustavo Lunazzi presented Argentina’s instrument of acceptance to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Geneva.

WTO Director-General says she knows nothing about US plans to withdraw from organization According to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, rumors about the possible US withdrawal from the WTO have always circulated ...

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister, starts her second term as head of the global trade watchdog this year at a time when Trump's tariff threats have ...

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the latter's office in Tokyo Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Efforts to fix its top appeals court, paralysed by Trump in his first term, have failed. Supachai Panitchpakdi, director-general from 2002-2005, said members must reform the WTO urgently.

WTO chief: Free trade in crisis Director-general meets with Japanese prime minister May 14, 2025 by MARI YAMAGUCHI The Associated Press ...

But speaking at the London School of Economics this week, the WTO director-general made it clear she has no plans to retreat from the global stage.