Tag: World Trade Organization (WTO)
WTO: strong goods trade rebound but momentum may be short lived
Global merchandise trade growth remained strong in the fourth quarter of 2020 but momentum is unlikely to be sustained in the first...
Manufactured goods trade makes partial recovery in Q3
Global trade in manufactured goods was down just 5% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to a year agoComputers and electronic...
WTO goods trade index reflects strong rebound amid COVID crisis
The trade barometer rose to 100.7 this month from the dismal 84.5 recorded last August, a strong expansion following the collapse of...
Services trade logs record 30% decline in Q2
Global services trade plunged to a new record low since its 17% contraction in Q2 2009Declines were recorded across all regions and...
World merchandise trade to fall 9.2% in 2020—WTO
Global merchandise trade is showing signs of bouncing back from a deep COVID-19 induced slump and is now forecast to register a...
COVID-19 crisis raising trade costs—WTO report
The World Trade Organization (WTO) in a new report is warning of possible increases to trade costs due to responses, policies, and...
World trade growth to remain below average in Q4—WTO
Global merchandise trade has improved slightly but growth is still expected to remain below average going into the last quarter of the...
WTO panel rules in favor of PH vs Thailand on cigarette...
A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has upheld on July 12 Philippine claims that Thailand violated the WTO...
PH imposition of rice tariffs begins March 5
Under the Philippines' newly enacted Rice Tariffication Law, tariff on imported rice will be imposed starting on March 5, according to the...
