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  • Monday, 8 March, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Why the WTO should judge less, lest it be judged Premium

    The organisation must get its dispute settlement system going again

  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Negotiate, adjudicate, rejuvenate: the challenge for the WTO Premium

    Diplomacy is vital to deal with the trade organisation’s awkward squad

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: WTO members must intensify co-operation

    If we are to restore the organisation’s credibility, countries must set aside their differences

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Vaccine dispute suggests a new role for the WTO Premium

    Trade purists won’t like it, but Okonjo-Iweala could try to shift body in this direction

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    Person in the News
    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Nigerian powerhouse to head the WTO

    Former World Bank vice-president wants trade body to focus on raising living standards in the wake of the pandemic

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    The WTO is finally getting its new boss Premium

    Trade journalists breathe a sigh of relief as saga draws to a close

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    US backing paves way for Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala to lead WTO

    Statement of support comes after South Korean candidate backed by Trump administration dropped out

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    InterviewGlobal trade
    Outgoing US trade chief says leading WTO candidate lacks experience

    Robert Lighthizer warns it would be mistake to appoint former Nigerian finance minister

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Australia
    Australia takes China to WTO over barley tariffs

    Beijing imposed tariffs of 80% on the crop after bilateral relations deteriorated

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  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Trade disputes
    Brussels hits back at UK over move on US tariffs

    European Commission challenges Britain’s claim it can levy duties after Brexit

  • Monday, 9 November, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    Potus Joe and the WTO Premium

    Biden administration has signalled it won’t be rushing into anything contentious in trade policy

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    US refuses to back Okonjo-Iweala as next WTO head

    Nigerian candidate to lead trade body attracts widespread support from other countries

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    EU backs Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala to lead the WTO

    Ambassadors confirm frontrunner as bloc’s joint candidate after summit talks

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A challenging time awaits WTO’s next chief

    The successful candidate must remake the body’s image

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Huiyao Wang
    No country is an island in the climate crisis

    Birth of the UN shows dramatic change is possible when world powers face a shared existential threat

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Trade disputes
    EU given green light to hit US with tariffs in Airbus-Boeing ruling

    Brussels hopes WTO decision will prompt two sides to settle long-running state-aid dispute

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    The reasons for optimism on global trade Premium

    Both IMF and WTO forecasts have improved thanks to unexpected rebound over the summer

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    Airbus-Boeing and the bright side of endless litigation Premium

    The 16-year spat between aerospace rivals has changed domestic political debates and helps structure future talks

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    Impending row over Covid vaccine patents at WTO Premium

    Proposal would go beyond jabs and allow manufacturing free-for-all across swath of medical products

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    Nigerian and Korean candidates face off to lead WTO

    Trade body to be helmed by woman for first time as Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Yoo Myung-hee contest final round

  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    The race to head the WTO is a campaign conducted in shadows Premium

    Pitches to become DG are increasingly professional, with government support likely to be supplemented by PR firms

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    David Pilling
    An African at the WTO’s helm would fit its free trade instincts

    New director-general could also address colonial patterns that hold back the continent

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Brexit
    Lawyers offer Johnson help to break state aid impasse in EU talks

    Legal experts from across political spectrum say they can help UK design a post-Brexit subsidy regime

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    Seconds out, round two at the World Trade Organization Premium

    Lack of objections from heavyweight countries boosts Amina Mohamed and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in director-general race

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    UK’s Liam Fox and Saudis gain toehold in race for WTO top job

    Former UK trade secretary and Al-Tuwaijri survive first round of voting for director-general

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