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Now that the economic storm has spread from the U.S. to much of theworld, the need to keep the nation's trade and investment barriers low and competitive is even more critical.

Today, the United States confronts four urgent challenges: imbalances in global trade and capital flows, South America's drift, Asia's economic integration, and the Muslim world's decline. International trade policy alone cannot solve these complex concerns, but it can play a pivotal role in dealing with each.

Despite the dramatic collapse of the recent trade talks in Cancún, things aren't nearly as bad as they seem. Cancún was no Seattle, as will soon become clear when progress resumes on Doha Round negotiations. Fault for the conference's breakdown lies with all the major parties, but the damage can quickly be remedied.

Qatari Olympic champion Mutaz Barshim won the third world high jump title in a row at the 18th edition of the IAAF World Championships in athletics, held in

Shannon K. O’Neil on why regional ties win the day.

It is the first WTO treaty with environmental protection and sustainability as its objective

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

Regional ties win the day.

Meeting for the first time since 2017, the WTO’s highest decision-making body managed to agree on some things – including its first treaty with environmental protection as the objective.

"WTO is an organisation for trade, but one should remember that before trade, there comes hunger and one cannot tread the path of trade on an empty stomach," Piyush Goyal said.