WTO chief urges strengthening WTO framework to ensure global growth

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo addresses the media in Geneva, Switzerland, July 25, 2018. Increasing trade restrictions may become a new normal of global trade in the near future, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo warned Wednesday while urging strengthening the existing WTO framework to ensure global growth. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)