Inside Trade

February 14, 2025

Outlook 2025: The WTO

Eyeing the U.S., WTO in ‘wait and see’ mode heading into 2025

By Hannah Monicken  / December 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Like many of its member governments, the World Trade Organization is bracing for a second Trump administration, with delegations waiting to see how, and to what extent, the U.S. will engage in Geneva on the WTO’s long to-do list -- including fisheries subsidies, agriculture, dispute settlement reform and climate issues. The WTO ended the year on a bit of a mixed note, reappointing Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to another term at the end of November but failing to conclude deals on...

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