WTO director-general says calling the trade wars the greatest disruption since the 1930s is ‘the understatement of the century’—but it’s not a repeat

fortune.com/2025/10/27/wto-director-general-says-us-criticisms-of-trade-valid-not-1930s

“I think it’s maybe understatement of the century to say that global trade is facing the greatest disruption in 80 years.” It’s a significant statement from anyone, let alone Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director-general of the World Trade Organization. She warned at the Fortune Global…

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