Commentary / World Jan 13, 2022
Beijing becomes a rising star in the global rule-maker race
by Mark Leonard
In the coming decades, the biggest global threat will not be China the rule-breaker, but China the rule-maker.
Commentary / World Nov 30, 2021
Omicron is the price we pay for vaccine inequality
by Brad Glosserman
Amsterdam's main airport went into lockdown recently after 61 passengers on two flights from southern Africa tested positive for the new virus. Japan, Hong Kong and Israel have also reported cases.
World Oct 26, 2021
World failing to learn lessons from COVID-19 pandemic, global health body says
The millions of deaths from the pandemic are "neither normal nor acceptable," wrote Global Preparedness Monitoring Board co-chair Elhadj As Sy in a report by the group published Tuesday.
Business Oct 21, 2021
Experts see the Chinese sanctions as a message to countries across the Pacific: challenging Beijing comes with a cost.
Business Sep 20, 2021
Taiwan threatens to take China to WTO in new spat over fruit
Taiwan threatened to take China to the World Trade Organization on Sunday after Beijing said it would suspend sugar apple and wax apple imports from the island on pest concerns, in the latest spat between the two over fruit. Relations between Taipei and Beijing, which ...
Business Jun 19, 2021
Australia is lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on Australian wine exports, the government announced Saturday.
Business Jun 16, 2021
Biden wrings a plan out of a reluctant Europe to stand up to China
by Bryce Baschuk
A deal on aircraft subsidies includes a commitment for the U.S. and the EU to tackle practices that could threaten Boeing Co. and its European rival Airbus SE.
World May 7, 2021
Biden's vaccine-patent gambit turns up the heat on drugmakers
by Josh Wingrove
By supporting the World Trade Organization process, the U.S. president can satisfy progressives while engaging in talks on a waiver that may never reach consensus.
World Apr 22, 2021
U.S. weighs global vaccine intellectual property waiver opposed by drugmakers
by Eric Martin and Susan Decker
The European Union, U.K., Japan, Switzerland, Brazil and Norway are also among territories resisting the measure currently before the WTO.
Business Feb 17, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic, log-jammed trade talks and a long-delayed meeting of member states are just a few of the crises awaiting Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Commentary / World Feb 16, 2021
by Brad Glosserman
The WTO has elected former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as director general, filling a slot that had been vacant for half a year.