List of World Trade Organization articles
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An illustration depicts flags of the G-7, NATO, China-Russia, and minilateral alliances. The Alliances That Matter Now
Foreign Policy's Fall 2023 Issue: Multilateralism is at a dead end, but powerful blocs are getting things done.
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Katherine Tai, then-nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, speaks at a U.S. Senate hearing in Washington on Feb. 25, 2021. Why the U.S. Trade Office No Longer Runs Trade
A historic mission to facilitate global commerce is out of step with the times.
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Environmental activists protest against the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, sometimes abbreviated as the TTP, in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 11. Boric Is Trapped on Trade
Resource-rich Chile stands to profit off the energy transition—if its leftist president signs a deal despised by his base.
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Trawlers from the Murmansk fleet wait for the next fishing expedition in Murmansk, Russia, on Feb. 21, 2006. WTO Clinches Deal Aimed at Reducing Global Overfishing
The agreement limits the subsidies that countries can provide fisheries.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies in the U.S. Senate in Washington on Sept. 24, 2020. Why This Global Economic Crisis Is Different
This is the first time since World War II that there may be no cooperative way out.
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The container ship Ever Given arrives at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on July 29. Biden’s Vague Muddle of a Trade Policy for China
The administration should stop agonizing over Beijing and focus on trade with everyone else instead.
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A container ship sails on the Mediterranean Sea during a thunderstorm about 20 nautical miles from Malta on Sept. 24, 2017. Free Trade Is Dead. Risky ‘Managed Trade’ Is Here.
The old trade order has gone out the window at breathtaking speed. What comes next is very slippery.
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South African trial volunteers wait for a potential vaccine against COVID-19 Don’t Let Drug Companies Create a System of Vaccine Apartheid
To avoid repeating the pitfalls of the HIV/AIDS crisis, governments and the WTO must make COVID-19 vaccination a public good by temporarily waiving intellectual property rights and compelling emergency production.
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Katherine Tai speaks after then President-elect Joe Biden announced her nomination to be U.S. trade representative Why Everyone Likes Katherine Tai
Biden’s nominee to be U.S. trade representative is admired on both sides of the aisle, but she faces some of the toughest conditions ever when it comes to winning over the rest of the world.
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U.S. President Joe Biden signs an executive order related to U.S. manufacturing at the White House in Washington on Jan. 25. Biden Should Dump the Trump Playbook on Trade With China
Washington should get back in the trade game and use it as leverage against Beijing.
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Shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles All Roads to a Better Trade Deal Lead Through the WTO
In Washington, efforts to withdraw from the trade body are gaining momentum. That would be a big mistake.
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A French fisherman sorts through a mackerel catch on board a trawler off the coast of Ouistreham, France, on July 31, 2018. The Fate of the WTO and Global Trade Hangs on Fish
Tuna, cod, and mackerel are going to decide the future of the global trading order as the WTO struggles to complete a deal.
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U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to address the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25. (John Moore/Getty Images) Trump’s War on the World Order
Five Reads: The best Foreign Policy stories of 2018 on multilateralism.
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A woman holds a Japanese flag as she listens to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaking during a rally in Tokyo on Sept. 19. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) The Fate of the World Order Rests on Tokyo’s Shoulders
Japan was one of the system’s biggest winners, and it is one of the few countries that can save it now.
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A truck transports a shipping container at a port in Zhangjiagang, China, on Aug. 7. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images) The Trade War Has Claimed Its First Victim
Tariffs from the United States, Canada, China, Mexico, and the EU may have damaged the WTO beyond repair.
