The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) share a long history of collaboration in promoting international trade as a driver of economic development, particularly in supporting developing countries. In the episode “The Economic Case for Inclusivity”, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the WTO, and Rebeca Grynspan, Sec ... Show More
Dec 2024
World Trade Report 2024 (S8 - Ep4)
Over the past 30 years, economic growth has improved living conditions for many people. However, not all individuals, regions and economies have benefited equally from the changes brought about by more open trade. The World Trade Report 2024 highlights trade’s role in supporting ... Show More
29m 54s
Dec 2024
Re-globalization: trade in a geopoliticized world (S8 - Ep 1)
This September, during the WTO Public Forum, we looked at the WTO's achievements since 1995, and what lies ahead for the world trading system. Discussions began with a plenary called “Re-globalization: Trade in a Geopoliticized World”, co-organized with the Peterson Institute for ... Show More
40m 17s
Sep 2023
Calling for the "reglobalization" of trade: WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
<p>Ian Bremmer sits down with World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first person from Africa to lead the organization, for a conversation about the good, the bad, and the future of global trade on the GZERO World podcast. In the last ... Show More
17m 42s
Jan 2024
Geopolitics and the Geometry of Global Trade
Olivia White, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute, discusses how trade relationships are changing as a result of geopolitical distance. Mick Mulroy, Co-Founder of the Lobo Institute and former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East and Bloomberg News I ... Show More
37m 20s
Jul 2025
Tariffs and trade: Preparing for the unpredictable
As geopolitical tensions persist, global trade dynamics are becoming increasingly complex—and many leaders find themselves on tenterhooks. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Cindy Levy and Shubham Singhal, two global coleaders of McKinsey’s geopolitics work, join Global Edi ... Show More
28m 29s
<p>In the second of our three-part series, Gideon talks to WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about the impact of Bidenomics on countries' attitudes to free and open global trade and the WTO's role in protecting this. </p><p><em>Clip: France 24</em></p><br><p><strong>Free links to rea ... Show More
