SEATTLE — Nineteen years ago this week, Seattle streets were shut down after protests over the World Trade Organization Ministerial meeting turned into riots. Take a look of some KOMO News archival ...

That’s what then-UK prime minister Tony Blair said at a gathering in Switzerland in January 2000. The remarks came in Davos, just a few months after things had gone so badly in the Emerald City during ...

On November 1, 2019, the World Trade Organization (WTO) authorized China to suspend $3.579 billion in trade concessions to the United States, roughly half the $7 billion amount China had requested.

What Is the World Trade Organization? The World Trade Organization is an international institution that serves as a platform for countries to negotiate trade agreements. Rules govern trade between ...

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 2014 Trade Facilitation Agreement is the only significant multilateral agreement it has concluded since its inception in 1995. Against that success, significant ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization adopted the first worldwide trade reform in its history on Thursday, after years of stalemate, months of deadlock and a final day's delay following an ...

President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the World Trade Organization. Since taking office, the Trump administration has been blocking the appointment or reappointment of WTO ...

On Nov. 30, 1999, an estimated 40,000 demonstrators clashed with police as they protested against the World Trade Organization as the WTO convened in Seattle. Also on this date: In 1782, the United ...