Global economic growth could collapse by 7% if the United States and China continue tearing away from each other, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned on October 17 in Washington, according ...

Azevedo is stepping down, come the end of August--a year before his tenure elapses. The new WTO chief will be tasked with managing the trade war between China and the United States, initiate reforms ...

Okonjo-Iweala's great task is to reform an organisation that's in desperate need of an upgrade. The historic double could have somewhat been thwarted if Donald Trump won re-election as United States ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization, spoke about reforming world trade at Columbia’s 2025 World Leaders Forum on Tuesday. Merit Janow, Law ’98, dean emerita of the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Global free trade is in crisis, the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba on Tuesday. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ...

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, meets with Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the latter’s office in Tokyo Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -China announced on Tuesday it will forego asking for the benefits it gains from its developing country status at the World Trade Organization, state-run news agency Xinhua and the ...

“I think it’s maybe understatement of the century to say that global trade is facing the greatest disruption in 80 years.” It’s a significant statement from anyone, let alone Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ...