US-China trade war may kill WTO – a good thing?
China has taken the US to task at the WTO, initiating a dispute complaint as ...
The Loadstar may be as guilty as its peers in the blandness of the reporting on the recent breakdown of the latest round of WTO talks, and the furious reaction of major logistics providers to the seeming inaction of the political leaders. This article from Logistics Viewpoints analyses the causes of the failure, but asks what happens next.
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