THE IDEA that global trade is waning has become widely accepted. On the surface, it seems plausible amid a pandemic and talk of decoupling among the leading economies. And the sense of slippage has ...

Today the world is on a knife edge - war and conflict are piercing the heart of our multilateral system and our global confidence. Russia’s war against Ukraine, the war in Gaza and the crisis in the ...

Discover the evolution of international trade agreements from mercantilism to modern global trade, highlighting trends in multilateral and regional arrangements.

The Turnberry System is a way to replace the WTO-based postwar multilateral trading system with bilateral agreements. It marks a significant turning point in global trade rules and will profoundly ...

At a time of growing global tensions, regional trade alliances may be less about integration and more about discrimination For 30 years the number of regional trade agreements (RTAs) has been on the ...

This week I am cheating—producing a column written by someone else. There are two reasons for that. I have been out of town for a conference, making it hard to find time to write, and the fact sheet I ...

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday released the 2025 Report on WTO Compliance of the United States, a stern assessment accusing Washington of undermining the multilateral trading system ...

Ambassador Lighthizer recently resurrected an issue that academics have debated in the past, but which has not generally been a subject of U.S. policy debate—whether the pursuit of regional or ...