WTO Releases New Trade Data Portal

The World Trade Organization released a new data portal to allow access to databases on "trade in goods, services, dispute settlement, environmental measures, trade-related intellectual property rights and more," the WTO announced May 17. One such database is the "WTO Stats portal," which allows access to time series statistics on trade in goods and services on an annual, quarterly and monthly basis as well as market access indicators that give key information on governments' bound, applied and preferential tariff rates.