{"id":453,"date":"2026-04-16T05:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/?p=453"},"modified":"2026-04-16T05:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:42:46","slug":"global-trade-faces-its-biggest-crisis-in-80-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/2026\/04\/16\/global-trade-faces-its-biggest-crisis-in-80-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Global trade faces its biggest crisis in 80 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The World Trade Organization warns that the international trading system is going through its most severe crisis in decades, driven by geopolitical tensions and tariff policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Global trade is undergoing a historic disruption that is weakening international rules and increasing economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the analysis reveal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Trade tensions, especially between the U.S. and China, have caused the biggest disruption in 80 years.<\/li>\n<li>The WTO rules-based system is weakening and fragmenting.<\/li>\n<li>Less trade is occurring under stable and predictable conditions (decline of the multilateral system).<\/li>\n<li>Tariffs and unilateral decisions are reshaping global trade.<\/li>\n<li>A slowdown or even contraction in global trade is expected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does this mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Greater uncertainty and global economic fragmentation.<\/li>\n<li>Risk of slower growth and supply chain disruptions.<\/li>\n<li>A structural shift in how international trade operates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global trade is not collapsing, but it is transforming into a more fragmented, less predictable system shaped by geopolitics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>13 April 2026 \u2013 OMC: Global tarde faces its biggest crisis in 80 years &#8211; El Financiero <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elfinancierocr.com\/internacionales\/omc-comercio-global-sufre-su-mayor-crisis-en-80\/PRJQWOVXJVEGPO5MPMKSBR4AJU\/story\/\">https:\/\/www.elfinancierocr.com\/internacionales\/omc-comercio-global-sufre-su-mayor-crisis-en-80\/PRJQWOVXJVEGPO5MPMKSBR4AJU\/story\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Trade Organization warns that the international trading system is going through its most severe crisis in decades, driven by geopolitical tensions and tariff policies. &nbsp; Main idea: Global trade is undergoing a historic disruption that is weakening international rules and increasing economic uncertainty&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,66,35,69,67,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-globalization","category-international-trade","category-social-economy","category-supply-chain","category-tariffs","category-trade-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456,"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexwco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}