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flag WTO chief warns trade wars could lead to severe global economic losses, urging nations to avoid tariffs.

flag WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos that tit-for-tat tariff retaliation by countries could result in catastrophic double-digit global GDP losses. flag This caution comes amid US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on China, the EU, Mexico, and Canada. flag Okonjo-Iweala urged countries to avoid such a trade war, referencing the economic downturn from the 1930s Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.

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