WTO

India considers counter duties on US products

The country has some of the world's highest tariffs on imports, and Trump has previously called India a "tariff abuser"

China appoints new top trade negotiator amid US tariff war

Beijing replaces veteran trade tsar Wang Shouwen with the Chinese envoy to the World Trade Organization, signalling a strategic shift in its tariff war stance

Buffeted by Trump, WTO hunkers down to plot future

The US determination to double down on tariffs risks sidelining the organisation and its ability to regulate trade, enforce rules and negotiate new ones

US pauses financial contributions to WTO

US has paused funding for 2024 and 2025, trade sources say. The WTO dispute system hobbled since Trump's first term

Trade can cut poverty