Trump administration quietly pays overdue WTO fees
Decision comes after eight-month stand-off as US reviewed payments to international institutions
Decision comes after eight-month stand-off as US reviewed payments to international institutions

US says the World Trade Organization is sliding towards irrelevance

Document formalising last month’s deal delayed by squabbles over language on ‘non-tariff barriers’, the bloc’s officials say

The WTO core still holds, but members must use this crisis to push reform

US president’s latest ‘reciprocal’ levies hit many countries that had struck deals with Washington

US President Donald Trump announces levies on dozens of countries and formalises some trade deals

Deal follows Scotland talks between Donald Trump and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen