The World Trade Organization (WTO) published its semi-annual report on trade-related developments on Wednesday, 27 July. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the head of the organisation, welcomed the fact that WTO members appear to have limited restrictive measures in recent months.
The report is based on the period from October 2021 to mid-May 2022 and mentions 230 new trade-facilitating measures compared to 109 new trade-restrictive measures. This represents a decrease in measures affecting...