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WTO reform roadmap to MC14; UK-US tariff deal; China-US truce; EU CBAM simplification; UK steel safeguards and anti-dumping: weekly international trade update (15 May 2025)

Published on: 15 May 2025

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WTO

WTO outlines reform agenda and negotiation priorities ahead of 2026 Ministerial Conference

The World Trade Organization’s Trade Negotiations Committee has set out an ambitious plan for wide-ranging institutional reform in the run-up to the 14th Ministerial Conference scheduled for March 2026. The Director-General has tabled dedicated workstreams covering dispute settlement overhauls, the modernisation of WTO accords, and the shaping of prospective trade rules. The programme is to unfold in three stages: initial scoping before the conference, ministerial steer at MC14, then implementation afterwards. Negotiations continue across agriculture, fisheries subsidy disciplines, e-commerce, investment facilitation, and development matters, with a progress stocktake slated for July 2025 to decide which topics advance to MC14. See: LNB News 08/05/2025 15.

Trade in goods

Trump, Starmer announce limited deal to cut tariffs

Law360, London: On 8 May 2025, President Donald Trump and PM Keir Starmer announced a limited deal cutting tariffs and avoiding counter-tariffs, reducing 25% duty on British cars to 10% and dropping tariffs on certain metals. See News Analysis: Trump, Starmer announce limited deal to cut tariffs. UK-US trade deal needs work on Pharma...

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