WTO Closes Darkest Chapter in Its History With Eyes on 2021 Rebirth

President Donald Trump and WTO chief Roberto Azevedo in January.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

Today the World Trade Organization’s final general council meeting of year will mark the end of one of the most tumultuous periods in the trade body’s history.

The saga began more than four years ago when two events shook the foundations of the multilateral trading system.