The World Trade Organization sharply cut its forecast for global merchandise trade from solid growth to a decline on ...

The WTO has deemed the impact of Trump’s tariff overhaul and ongoing uncertainty a “crisis” and warned that if the situation ...

The volume of world merchandise trade is expected to decline by 0.2 per cent in 2025 under current conditions, nearly three ...

The World Trade Organization has warned that the outlook for global trade has “deteriorated sharply” in the wake of President ...

At the start of the year, the WTO Secretariat expected to see continued expansion of world trade in 2025 and 2026, with ...

Trade could shrink even further, to 1.5% in 2025, if the situation deteriorates, it says in Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report; this will be in sharp contrast to 2024 when the volume of world ...

Economic uncertainty and weakened goods trade are expected to reduce demand for transport and intermediate services in 2025 ...

The WTO has significantly lowered its merchandise trade forecast for 2025, projecting a 0.2% decline due to the US-led trade ...

The WTO had previously expected steady growth in merchandise trade through 2025 and 2026, aligned with global GDP expansion.

“Our simulations show that trade policy uncertainty has a significant dampening effect on trade flows, reducing exports and ...

with merchandise trade growing in line with world GDP and commercial services trade increasing at a faster pace. However, the large number of new tariffs introduced since January prompted WTO ...

STORY: The World Trade Organization slashed its forecast for global merchandise trade from solid growth to a decline on ...