At the center of the impasse was the fate of the e-commerce moratorium, a long-standing ban on digital tariffs set to expire Tuesday. Negotiations were continuing behind closed doors on what was meant ...

After another failure to reform the stricken global trade body, coalitions form to bypass its consensus-based rulebook.

One of the pillars of the global economy fell a few weeks ago, and practically nobody noticed. The 14th ministerial ...

The World Trade Organization failed to extend a 28-year-old ban on e-commerce tariffs at its 14th ministerial conference, a major setback for an organization whose mission is already under threat from ...

US trade policy needs general international rules and arbitration; it cannot depend on a series of bilateral agreements.

YAOUNDE, March 28 - The e-commerce moratorium is a global agreement among World Trade Organization members which bans customs duties being applied to electronic transmissions such as digital downloads ...

By Olivia Le Poidevin YAOUNDE, March 28 (Reuters) - The European Union's ⁠trade commissioner said on Saturday he held a "very positive" meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the ...

Negotiations aimed at reforming the World Trade Organization and extending the long-standing moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions ...

World trade flows grew at a faster rate last year despite a jump in U.S. tariffs, but are expected to slow this year as the higher duties take their toll, although a boom in AI-related investment may ...

The WTO’s fourteenth Ministerial Conference, held in Yaoundé in March 2026, was expected to reaffirm a rules-based global ...

By Olivia Le Poidevin YAOUNDE, March 28 (Reuters) - Countries are working to close the gap between the U.S. and India to extend a global agreement not to impose tariffs on electronic transmissions ...