WTO warns of disruption to global economy, urges restraint


FE Team | Published: March 25, 2018 13:15:47 | Updated: March 26, 2018 13:13:07


Roberto Azevedo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), addresses the media during a conference in New Delhi, March 19, 2018. Reuters/Files

The head of the World Trade Organization called on Friday for restraint and urgent dialogue within the WTO system to stop trade frictions damaging the world economy, which he said was experiencing a fragile recovery.

“Actions taken outside these collective processes greatly increase the risk of escalation in a confrontation that will have no winners, and which could quickly lead to a less stable trading system,” WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo said in a statement, reports Reuters.

“Disrupting trade flows will jeopardize the global economy at a time when economic recovery, though fragile, has been increasingly evident around the world. I again call for restraint and urgent dialogue as the best path forward to resolve these problems.”

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