Issue of establishing a new ‘World Trade Organization’ (WTO) Today (27.6.25), Commission President Ursula von der Laene, at the top of her summit EU.
As German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz typically said, “another point that surprised me personally. The chairman of the Commission has asked whether we as Europe should not create a new type of commercial organization that will gradually replace what we no longer have with the WTO. You all know that the WTO is no longer working. The WTO courts have not been filled for a long time. This began under Trump I’s government, the Biden government continued, and the government of Trump II did not. “
He said: “I have discussed this issue with Kir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron in recent days. Can we not gradually create something with our commercial partners around the world that will institutionally replace what we initially envisioned with the WTO? That is, to develop dispute resolution mechanisms through such an institution, which is actually supposed to be the WTO? “