A Brief History of the World Trade Organization The WTO was founded on January 1, 1995, following the Uruguay Round (the longest global trade agreement in modern history), which lasted from 1986 ...

For the first time in its history, the World Trade Organization will be helmed by a woman, with finalists for the role from Africa and Asia. The Geneva-based intergovernmental organization tasked ...

History of the World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) was born out of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was established in 1947.

Brussels and Berlin have launched a new initiative aimed at bypassing the long-standing paralysis of the World Trade ...

By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(GENEVA) -- For the first time in its history, the World Trade Organization will be helmed by a woman, with finalists for the role from Africa and Asia.The ...

The World Trade Organization decision relates to a case that dates back to 2007 and is unrelated to the tariffs the administration has slapped on $250 billion in Chinese goods.

The organization has had several setbacks even before the pandemic: The Doha Development Round to lower trade barriers which started in November 2001 has not been completed; the WTO’s unique ...

The World Trade Organization's director general is Roberto Azevedo of Brazil A chronology of key events: 1947 October - 23 countries sign the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) in ...

I was present at the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Marrakech, in 1994. I witnessed the runup in Geneva, where representatives of 123 countries finally nailed the deal after ...

On November 30, 1999, Seattle was overtaken by a global protest on the occasion of a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the city. ... An old UW building where the ‘Boys in the Boat’ hung ...

Twenty years ago this weekend, 50,000 people converged on Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization, which was holding a ministerial-level meeting in the city, and a plan championed by the ...