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02/12/2025

Large increase in new tariffs but also measures to ease global trade, WTO report shows

11/12/2024

Increase in trade restrictions against backdrop of unilateral policies

07/12/2023

Export restrictions persist, even if trade-facilitating trend continues

27/07/2023

WTO Members facilitate imports but many food export restrictions persist

06/12/2022

Report shows increase in trade restrictions amidst economic uncertainty, multiple crises

27/07/2022

Multiple Crises and Continued Restraint in the Use of Trade Restrictions

09/12/2021

Continued but slow rollback of COVID-19 related trade restrictions

29/07/2021

Full trade recovery at risk without equitable vaccine roll-out

11/12/2020

The report shows a marked decline in trade restrictions by WTO members amidst COVID-19 pandemic.

24/07/2020

Members introduce measures to facilitate imports even as trade restrictions remain high

12/12/2019

Trade restrictions by WTO Members at historically high levels

22/07/2019

Trade-restrictive measures continue at historically high level

11/12/2018

Sharp rise in the coverage of trade-restrictive measures from WTO members

04/12/2017

WTO members show restraint in trade restrictions despite ongoing economic uncertainties

09/12/2016

“Persistent” economic challenges continued to weigh on trade in 2016

09/12/2015

WTO report finds no acceleration in trade restrictions but slow pace for barrier removal

08/12/2014

Azevêdo says rise in trade restrictions “cause for concern”

17/02/2014

Azevêdo’s health-check on global trade: Growth recovering but restrictions on the rise

05/12/2012

Lamy: “The world economy needs more trade to stave off recession”

21/11/2011

Lamy calls for trade opening to continue as global economic outlook worsens

09/12/2010

Lamy calls on global co-operation for the smooth flow of trade

Large increase in new tariffs but also measures to ease global trade, WTO report shows
02/12/2025

The value of global goods imports affected by new tariffs and other import measures increased more than fourfold from mid-October 2024 to mid-October 2025 compared to the prior 12-month period, marking the highest coverage in over 15 years of WTO trade monitoring, according to the WTO Director-General's latest annual overview of developments in the international trading environment. At the same time, WTO members introduced trade-facilitating measures on both imports and exports, covering one-and-a-half times more trade than the previous period, and were pursuing dialogue more than retaliation.

 

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