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China: Championing the developing world at the WTO

The accession of China to the World Trade Organization in 2001 was a momentous occasion for the nation. Chinese trade negotiators took almost a decade to clinch members

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20 years in the WTO: How China changed world trade

Italian grapefruit being photographed during an event held in Italian Embassy in Beijing that formally introduces the fruit into the Chinese market on April 2, 2019. /CFP Enter a Chinese super

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Asia emerges from COVID-19 with further integration and upgrade

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, encouraging news out of Asia are raising hopes for a faster global recovery.Last year, the region's GDP growth was down 1.7 percent, in line with the p

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WTO sees less sharp trade plunge, but more muted rebound

The World Trade Organization (WTO) upgraded its forecast for trade in goods this year due to improvements from June, but saw a more muted rebound in 2021 with further lockdowns from a second wave

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WTO sees softer-than-expected global trade drop

VCG Global trade, devastated by the coronavirus crisis, will shrink by less than expected this year but the rebound will also be much weaker than previously forecast, the WTO said on Tuesday.R