On the potential impact of AI on the global economy, Hill cited a WTO study which projects that under the right conditions, trade in both goods and services could grow by nearly 40 per cent by 2040.

Economics professor Robert Staiger will serve as the World Trade Organization’s chief economist and director of the economics research and statistics division for a two-year term. In this role, he ...

"We will need to either fix it, agree on a new way of negotiating, or agree to remove it so the WTO focuses on dispute settlement, on trade policy review and the other areas that do not have a ...