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As a provider of supply chain management services that underpin world trade, the U-Freight Group notes that the World Trade Organization said that global merchandise trade outpaced expectations in the first half of 2025.

The WTO said that this was driven by increased spending on AI-related products, a surge in North American imports ahead of tariff hikes, and strong trade among the rest of the world.

In response, WTO economists have raised the 2025 merchandise trade growth forecast to 2.4% (up from 0.9% in August).

However, the 2026 projection has been lowered to 0.5% (from 1.8%).

In its recent update of “Global Trade Outlook and Statistics”, WTO economists provide new analysis on the build-up in inventories in 2025.

It said that while artificial intelligence-related goods such as semiconductors, servers and telecommunications equipment lifted growth, they predict a cooling of the global economy as new tariffs set in.

Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said: “Countries’ measured response to tariff changes in general, the growth potential of AI, as well as increased trade among the rest of the world, particularly among emerging economies, helped ease trade setbacks in 2025.”

She noted that South-South trade had grown 8% year-on-year, in value terms, in the first half of 2025, compared to 6% for world trade overall. South-South trade, involving partners other than China, is growing even faster, up around 9%.

“Trade resilience in 2025 is thanks in no small part to the stability provided by the rules-based multilateral trading system,\u201d she said. \u201cYet complacency is not an option. Today’s disruptions to the global trade system are a call to action for nations to reimagine trade and together lay a stronger foundation that delivers greater prosperity for people everywhere,” DG Okonjo-Iweala said.

For more information about our global supply chain management and logistics services, please visit the relevant pages of this website, or contact your local office, which can be seen here: https:\/\/ufreight.com\/locations<\/a>
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