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Global Recession Ahead, Warns World Trade Body Chief
The World Trade Organization's chief said Tuesday she believes the world is heading towards a global recession due to multiple colliding crises
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Road Will Be Bumpy: World Trade Body Chief Ahead Of High-Stakes Meet
The World Trade Organization chief voiced cautious optimism Sunday as global trade ministers gather to tackle food security threatened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, overfishing and equitable access to Covid vaccines.
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Facing "Polycrisis", WTO Chief Warns Of Rocky Road To Deals
World Trade Organization director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged trade ministers gathering in Geneva to go the extra mile over the coming days and said she would consider one or two global trade deals a success.
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Vaccine Answer Close, But Facing Effort To Block It: WTO Chief
The World Trade Organization is close to resolving a dispute over how to spread COVID-19 vaccines more widely and fairly, but facing an "orchestrated effort" to block a deal, the body's chief said on Thursday.
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US Rejection Throws World Trade Body Leadership Race Into Confusion
The World Trade Organization's bid to select a new leader was plunged into uncertainty on Wednesday after the United States rejected the Nigerian woman proposed as the global trade watchdog's next director-general.
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UN Trade Body Chief Roberto Azevedo To Step Down A Year Early
World Trade Organization head Roberto Azevedo will step down a year earlier than planned in August, he said on Thursday, in a surprise move as the trade body struggles to rein in global tensions and coordinate responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pandemic Could Cause Deepest Economic Recession: World Trade Organization
The COVID-19 pandemic could provoke the deepest recession in living memory, World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo warned Wednesday.
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World Trade Organization Losing Trade Focus, Too Easy On Some Developing Nations: United States
U.S. President Donald Trump's trade chief said on Monday that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is losing its focus on trade negotiations in favor of litigation, and was going too easy on wealthier developing countries such as China.
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Donald Trump Again Vows To Bring Back US Jobs, But Offers Few Details
President Donald Trump told about two dozen chief executives of major U.S. companies on Thursday he plans to bring millions of jobs back to the United States, but offered no specific plan on how to reverse a decades-long decline in factory jobs.
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Moscow Bans Western Food Imports; Russian Quits as Ukraine Rebel Chief
Moscow banned imports of most food from the West on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days.
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WTO deal teeters, some blame Indian electioneering
WTO chief Roberto Azevedo said negotiations by ambassadors in Geneva had gone as far as they could. Specific difficulties and last-minute backtracking now can only be overcome by trade ministers at a biennial meeting on Dec 3-6, he said.
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WTO cuts 2013 world trade forecast to 2.5 per cent
World trade is expected to grow by 2.5 per cent this year and 4.5 per cent in 2014, the World Trade Organization's new chief Roberto Azevedo said on Monday, revising down previous estimates of 3.3 per cent and 5 per cent.
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Is WTO about to abandon dream of global free trade?
As it seeks a new chief to lead it out of a negotiating death-spiral, the World Trade Organization looks doomed to be fatally undermined by new global carve-ups that will leave many of the world's poorest sidelined.
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India, China influencing pattern, scope of international trade: WTO
Emerging economies like India, China and Brazil are no longer "policy takers" but are significantly influencing the pattern and scope of international trade, according to WTO Director General Pascal Lamy.
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Asia struggles to ward off impact of European crisis
HSBC's chief India economist Leif Eskesen said India's weakening economy was like a "gasping elephant".
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Global Recession Ahead, Warns World Trade Body Chief
The World Trade Organization's chief said Tuesday she believes the world is heading towards a global recession due to multiple colliding crises
-
Road Will Be Bumpy: World Trade Body Chief Ahead Of High-Stakes Meet
The World Trade Organization chief voiced cautious optimism Sunday as global trade ministers gather to tackle food security threatened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, overfishing and equitable access to Covid vaccines.
-
Facing "Polycrisis", WTO Chief Warns Of Rocky Road To Deals
World Trade Organization director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged trade ministers gathering in Geneva to go the extra mile over the coming days and said she would consider one or two global trade deals a success.
-
Vaccine Answer Close, But Facing Effort To Block It: WTO Chief
The World Trade Organization is close to resolving a dispute over how to spread COVID-19 vaccines more widely and fairly, but facing an "orchestrated effort" to block a deal, the body's chief said on Thursday.
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US Rejection Throws World Trade Body Leadership Race Into Confusion
The World Trade Organization's bid to select a new leader was plunged into uncertainty on Wednesday after the United States rejected the Nigerian woman proposed as the global trade watchdog's next director-general.
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UN Trade Body Chief Roberto Azevedo To Step Down A Year Early
World Trade Organization head Roberto Azevedo will step down a year earlier than planned in August, he said on Thursday, in a surprise move as the trade body struggles to rein in global tensions and coordinate responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pandemic Could Cause Deepest Economic Recession: World Trade Organization
The COVID-19 pandemic could provoke the deepest recession in living memory, World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo warned Wednesday.
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World Trade Organization Losing Trade Focus, Too Easy On Some Developing Nations: United States
U.S. President Donald Trump's trade chief said on Monday that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is losing its focus on trade negotiations in favor of litigation, and was going too easy on wealthier developing countries such as China.
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Donald Trump Again Vows To Bring Back US Jobs, But Offers Few Details
President Donald Trump told about two dozen chief executives of major U.S. companies on Thursday he plans to bring millions of jobs back to the United States, but offered no specific plan on how to reverse a decades-long decline in factory jobs.
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Moscow Bans Western Food Imports; Russian Quits as Ukraine Rebel Chief
Moscow banned imports of most food from the West on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days.
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WTO deal teeters, some blame Indian electioneering
WTO chief Roberto Azevedo said negotiations by ambassadors in Geneva had gone as far as they could. Specific difficulties and last-minute backtracking now can only be overcome by trade ministers at a biennial meeting on Dec 3-6, he said.
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WTO cuts 2013 world trade forecast to 2.5 per cent
World trade is expected to grow by 2.5 per cent this year and 4.5 per cent in 2014, the World Trade Organization's new chief Roberto Azevedo said on Monday, revising down previous estimates of 3.3 per cent and 5 per cent.
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Is WTO about to abandon dream of global free trade?
As it seeks a new chief to lead it out of a negotiating death-spiral, the World Trade Organization looks doomed to be fatally undermined by new global carve-ups that will leave many of the world's poorest sidelined.
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India, China influencing pattern, scope of international trade: WTO
Emerging economies like India, China and Brazil are no longer "policy takers" but are significantly influencing the pattern and scope of international trade, according to WTO Director General Pascal Lamy.
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Asia struggles to ward off impact of European crisis
HSBC's chief India economist Leif Eskesen said India's weakening economy was like a "gasping elephant".
