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FILE - Containers are piled up in the harbor in Hamburg, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)

World Trade Organization slightly raises 2024 goods trade forecast but wary of potential setbacks

Associated Press

Perils of Trade with China Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S. erroneously believes trade with China would encourage democratic reform

By Peter Morici

Illustration on Russia, China and globalization by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

West needs new trade system to confront threats posed by Russia and China

By Peter Morici

World Trade Organization Board Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

World Trade Organization is worse than useless

By Peter Morici

Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

WTO rules Trump’s steel tariffs violated global trade rules

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

China's TRIPS waiver and U.S. national security illustration by The Washington Times

China’s plan to expand the TRIPS waiver threatens U.S. national security

By Marc L. Busch

Globalization by China Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

If America refuses to lead globalization, China will

By Peter Morici

Container ship Ever Far, left, sails down river past the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. A World Trade Organization arbitrator has decided that China can impose retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States totaling up to $645 million a year, capping a decade-long dispute over U.S. duties on some Chinese goods. The dollar-value award issued Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, follows a decision in July 2019 from the WTO’s dispute resolution process, which the United States has since gummed up by refusing to allow for new judges to be appointed to its body that acts as a sort of appeals court. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

WTO ruling finds China can penalize $645M worth of U.S. goods

Associated Press

Workers of a private delivery company sort out parcels piled up at a pickup point near a residential apartment buildings in Beijing, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Chinese data reported Monday showed October retail sales growth weakened compared with the previous month, weakened by anti-coronavirus restrictions and consumer unease over a wave of outbreaks. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China soars past U.S. in total wealth since joining WTO, study finds

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden arrives on the Ellipse at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after traveling to Detroit to visit the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden’s COVID-19 patent waiver is a wrongheaded move

By Jenny Beth Martin

FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo, a Northwell Health registered nurses fills a syringe with the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccination site at the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center in the Staten Island borough of New York. The Biden administration on Wednesday, May 5, joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic, a shift that puts the U.S. alongside many in the developing world who want rich countries to do more to get doses to the needy. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

More support easing vaccine patent rules, but hurdles remain

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, New Director-General of the World Trade Organisation Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, walks at the entrance of the WTO, following a photo-op upon her arrival at the WTO headquarters to take office in Geneva, Switzerland. Ambassadors from World Trade Organization countries were discussing trade rules protecting the technological know-how behind COVID-19 vaccines. The WTO’s General Council's agenda for a two-day meeting starting Wednesday, May 5, 2021 includes a waiver on intellectual property protections for vaccines. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Keystone via AP, FIle)

WTO chief seeks text to advance debate over COVID-19 vaccine

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

President Joe Biden gesturing as he takes questions from reporters as he speaks about the American Rescue Plan, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines

By JAMEY KEATEN and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 14, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden removes his mask to speak at a news conference at the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Senators to Biden: Waive vaccine intellectual property rules

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

World trade body chief says vaccine inequity ‘unacceptable’

Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, New Director-General of the World Trade Organisation Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, walks at the entrance of the WTO, following a photo-op upon her arrival at the WTO headquarters to take office in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Trade Organization is raising its estimate for the rebound in global trade in goods but warning that the COVID-19 pandemic still poses the greatest threat to a recovery that is being hampered by lagging vaccinations, regional disparities and weakness in services. The organizations' WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called for a better access to vaccines for people in in poorer countries. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Keystone via AP, FIle)

WTO: Vaccination lag poses threat to rebounding global trade

Associated Press

New Director-General of the World Trade Organisation Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, center, poses between WTO Deputy Directors-General Alan Wolff, left, and Karl Brauner upon her arrival at the WTO headquarters to takes office in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 1, 2021. Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes the reins of the WTO amid hope she will infuse the beleaguered body with fresh momentum to address towering challenges and a pandemic-fuelled global economic crisis. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Keystone via AP)

New WTO chief pushes for vaccine access, fisheries deal

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 file photo, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during a panel discussion &quot;The Post-2015 Goals: Inspiring a New Generation to Act&quot;, the fifth annual Associated Press debate, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 to head the World Trade Organization as it seeks to to resolve disagreements over how it decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs. Okonjo-Iweala was appointed as director-general of the leading international trade body by representatives of the 164 member countries, according to a statement from the body. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)

Okonjo-Iweala is 1st woman, African to lead world trade body

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2012, file photo, a four-wheel-drive vehicle follows a large mining truck as it makes its way to the top of a Boggabri coal mine near Gunnedah, Australia, 450 kilometers (280 miles) northwest of Sydney. Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, that China would be in breach of World Trade Organization rules as well as a bilateral free trade agreement if it banned Australian coal. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

Australian PM says China coal ban would breach WTO rules

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

The Central Business District in Beijing gives the appearance of a global economic powerhouse, but China is exploiting its long-held classification as a ‘developing’ nation to benefit from international treaties, negotiations and commitments. (Associated Press photograph)

China ‘developing nation’ status exploits benefits on trade, carbon emissions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times