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NEWS ITEM Large increase in new tariffs but also measures to ease global trade, WTO report shows The value of global goods imports affected by new tariffs and other import measures increased more than fourfold from mid-October 2024 to mid-October 2025 compared to the prior 12-month period, marking the highest coverage in over 15 years of WTO trade monitoring, according to the WTO Director-General’s latest annual overview of developments in the international trading environment. At the same time, WTO members introduced trade-facilitating measures on both imports and exports, covering one-and-a-half times more trade than the previous period, and were pursuing dialogue more than retaliation. News item   ⟶

NEWS ITEM Food processing and global trade flows: What are the trends? Economies around the world are increasingly adopting public health policies aimed at improving nutrition and reducing the onset of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. In parallel, public health agencies and researchers are focusing more and more on whether the processing of foods (through the use of additives, preservatives and flavourings) negatively affects health. So, what are the trends for trade in various categories of food and what tariff levels do economies apply? News item   ⟶