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

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

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 ...

The latest WTO forecast marks a reversal from 2024, when the volume of world merchandise trade grew 2.9 per cent; GDP rose by ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) sharply downgraded its forecast for global merchandise trade from earlier assumptions for ...

Based on measures in place as of April 14, including the suspension of “reciprocal tariffs” by the United States, the volume ...

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

DHAKA, April 17, 2025 (BSS) – The World Trade Organization (WTO) has observed that Trump’s tariff hike could open the door ...

The World Trade Organisation has observed that Trump’s tariff hike could open the door for Bangladesh to expand its exports ...