WTO's Azevedo: Global trade system could be harmed without political intervention - Reuters

Reuters reports comments from the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevedo, as he warns about the potential harm to the global trade system in remarks to a dinner in London

Azevedo noted: “Without action to ease tensions and recommit to cooperation in trade, we could see serious harm done to the multilateral trading system. And ... the long term economic consequences of this could be severe.”