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WTO Chief Urges Japan to Champion Global Free Trade

5/14/2025

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WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala met with Japanese leaders in Tokyo, passionately advocating for Japan's pivotal role in promoting global free trade as U.S. tariffs rise. She called for urgent reforms to bolster the WTO and emphasized the necessity of collaboration to tackle pressing trade challenges that threaten the stability of the global economy.

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WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala met with Japanese leaders in Tokyo, passionately advocating for Japan's pivotal role in promoting global free trade as U.S. tariffs rise. She called for urgent reforms to bolster the WTO and emphasized the necessity of collaboration to tackle pressing trade challenges that threaten the stability of the global economy.