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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) calls for global carbon pricing https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3821368-wto-chief-calls-for-global-carbon-pricing/ 5 comments 21/1/2023 climate

WTO declares Indian export subsidies illegal - World Trade Organization finds India has been granting prohibited customs and tax breaks. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/wto-declares-indian-export-subsidies-illegal-191031185654208.html 5 comments 2/11/2019 worldnews

China says US report on its World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance lacks factual basis https://china-underground.com/2019/02/06/china-says-us-report-on-its-world-trade-organization-wto-compliance-lacks-factual-basis/ 3 comments 6/2/2019 worldnews

Trump wants out of World Trade Organization, WTO, but it's unlikely http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-leave-world-trade-organization-wto-2018-6?r=uk&ir=t 28 comments 30/6/2018 worldnews

WTO: A Fundamentally Flawed Organization. The World Trade Organization is a fundamentally flawed organization run by the rich, for the rich. http://www.economyincrisis.org/content/wto-fundamentally-flawed-organization 7 comments 17/1/2010 worldnews

Richer members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) blocked a push by over 80 developing countries in an effort to boost production of COVID-19 vaccines https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-wto-iduskbn2b21v9 54 comments 23/3/2021 worldnews

There are two ways to kick Russia out of the world trade system. One is more likely to work. Zelensky has "asked that countries suspend Russia’s participation in the World Trade Organization (WTO)" to "make it far more difficult for Russian goods and services to compete in the global marketplace." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/11/russia-wto-penalize-ukraine-conflict/ 68 comments 12/3/2022 economics

The US has thrown its support behind an initiative at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57004302 40 comments 6/5/2021 worldnews

Donald Trump Damages America By Defanging WTO - On Wednesday, the World Trade Organization will be effectively rendered useless at the will of Donald Trump. With the United States having profited from the WTO more than most, his attacks make little sense. https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/donald-trump-damages-america-by-defanging-wto-a-1300381.html 41 comments 10/12/2019 politics

Japan asks S. Korea to lift Fukushima seafood ban despite WTO ruling - Japan on Tuesday urged South Korea to lift import restrictions on Japanese seafood introduced in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, even after the World Trade Organization ruled in favor of Seoul over the issue. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190423/p2g/00m/0na/059000c 13 comments 23/4/2019 worldnews

Venezuela has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge U.S. sanctions, saying that a ban on travel by blacklisted individuals and trade restrictions break WTO rules, a WTO filing showed on Tuesday. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/reuters-america-venezuela-launches-wto-challenge-to-u-s-sanctions.html 15 comments 8/1/2019 worldnews

The United States is likely to succeed in shutting down the World Trade Organization’s supreme court because other WTO members are powerless to stop it, diplomats, lawyers and officials said at a conference in Geneva on Friday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto/u-s-seen-likely-to-win-in-effort-to-shut-down-wtos-appeals-court-iduskcn1mf1ne 21 comments 6/10/2018 politics

The United States is likely to succeed in shutting down the World Trade Organization's supreme court because other WTO members are powerless to stop it, diplomats, lawyers and officials said at a conference in Geneva on Friday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto/u-s-seen-likely-to-win-in-effort-to-shut-down-wtos-appeals-court-iduskcn1mf1ne 5 comments 5/10/2018 politics

The United States is likely to succeed in shutting down the World Trade Organization’s supreme court because other WTO members are powerless to stop it, diplomats, lawyers and officials said at a conference in Geneva on Friday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto/u-s-seen-likely-to-win-in-effort-to-shut-down-wtos-appeals-court-iduskcn1mf1ne 131 comments 5/10/2018 europe

The United States is likely to succeed in shutting down the World Trade Organization's supreme court because other WTO members are powerless to stop it, diplomats, lawyers and officials said at a conference in Geneva on Friday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto/u-s-seen-likely-to-win-in-effort-to-shut-down-wtos-appeals-court-iduskcn1mf1ne 281 comments 5/10/2018 worldnews

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organization (WTO) if the body fails to change the way it treats America. "If they don't shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO," Mr Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45364150 20 comments 31/8/2018 worldnews

Major U.S. trading partners including the European Union, China and Japan voiced deep concern at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday about possible U.S. measures imposing additional duties on imported autos and parts. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-autos-wto/over-40-countries-object-at-wto-to-u-s-car-tariff-plan-iduskbn1jt2ka 16 comments 4/7/2018 worldnews

President Trump tells officials he wants to withdraw US from World Trade Organization (WTO) http://thehill.com/policy/international/global-trade-economy/394780-trump-telling-officials-he-wants-to-withdraw-us 83 comments 29/6/2018 geopolitics

WTO chief makes rare warning of trade war over U.S. tariff plan: World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevedo expressed concern at Donald Trump’s plan for tariffs on steel and aluminum, an extremely rare intervention into a WTO member’s trade policy. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto/wto-chief-makes-rare-warning-of-trade-war-over-u-s-tariff-plan-iduskcn1ge28p 23 comments 2/3/2018 worldnews

Support grows for India in solar tiff with US: The European Union, Canada, Brazil, China, and Japan were among those who supported India on Friday in the solar panel dispute with the US at the World Trade Organization (WTO). http://www.livemint.com/politics/msx6cquqgyy6y3h4n0bdxm/wto-support-grows-for-india-in-solar-tiff-with-us.html 32 comments 21/1/2018 worldnews

- The United States has notified the other 163 members of the World Trade Organization that it is considering putting emergency "safeguard" tariffs on imported solar cells, according to a WTO filing published on Monday. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/iduskbn18p1jl 1007 comments 30/5/2017 worldnews