To tell the story of the demonstrations surrounding a World Trade Organization meeting, “WTO/99” assembled scenes shot by the participants themselves.
Category: World Trade Organization
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Global Growth Remains Sluggish as Tariff Threats Loom
The International Monetary Fund said the impact of trade tensions had been limited so far, but it expects growth to slow.
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Global Trade Growth to Slow Sharply Next Year, W.T.O. Says
The World Trade Organization said trade growth had proved more resilient in 2025 than expected, but would slow next year as result of President Trump’s tariffs.
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Workers Who Lost Jobs to Trade Needed Help. Washington Cut the Funding.
Trade Adjustment Assistance was supposed to help people whose jobs were threatened by overseas competition, but Congress eroded its support starting in the 1980s.
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US and China Meet for First Time Since Trump Imposed Tariffs
The outcome of the trade negotiations could determine the trajectory of the global economy.
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Peter Navarro: The Architect of Trump’s Tariffs
Once sidelined, President Trump’s counselor Peter Navarro has returned to Washington and quickly upended the global trading system.
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Trump’s Tariff Threat for Drug imports Poses Big Political Risks
Levies on Americans’ daily prescriptions and other medicines could raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of critical drugs.
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Trump’s Dilemma: A Trade War That Threatens Every Other Negotiation With China
President Trump is staking everything on winning by imposing tariffs on China. But the fight threatens to choke off negotiations about other issues like Taiwan, fentanyl, TikTok and more.
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As Trump Upends Global Trade, Europe Sees an Opportunity
Ursula von der Leyen is trying to ensure that if the international trading system is remade, the E.U. is at the center of what comes next.
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The ‘China Shock’ Offers a Lesson. It Isn’t the One Trump Has Learned.
Economists say the U.S. manufacturing decline in recent decades was not mainly about free trade, but about the pace of change without time to adjust.
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Wound Free Trade, but the Blow May Not Be Fatal
Free trade has been so beneficial to so many countries that the world may find a way to live without its biggest player.