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World Trade Report 2025
September 24 , 2025
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- The World Trade Organization has released the World Trade Report 2025 was launched at the WTO Public Forum on September 17, 2025.
- The report projects that artificial intelligence could increase global trade by 34% to 37% by 2040.
- Global gross domestic product could rise by 12% to 13% under various policy and technology scenarios.
- Global trade in AI-enabling goods was valued at 2.3 trillion United States dollars in 2023.
- If low- and middle-income countries reduce their digital gap with high-income countries by 50%, incomes may rise by 15% and 14%, respectively.
- The number of quantitative restrictions on AI-related goods rose from 130 in 2012 to nearly 500 in 2024.
- High and upper-middle-income economies accounted for the majority of these restrictions.
- Some low-income economies still face bound tariffs of up to 45% on AI-related goods.
- 80 AI-related trade concerns have been raised at the World Trade Organization.
- The report encourages broader participation in the Information Technology Agreement and updated commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services.
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