WTO World Trade Report 2026 Discussed at Shanghai Forum, Chinese Edition Released

The release of a Chinese edition at a Shanghai forum signals the WTO's effort to keep its flagship research accessible to the market whose trade policy carries the most weight for global flows, and the turnout across government, business and academia suggests the report is being treated as a reference point rather than routine output. For RWA and cross-border digital asset participants, the relevant thread is how trade-policy thinking frames digital and tokenized trade flows. Whether the Chinese edition and this forum format become a recurring channel for WTO engagement in China is the open question.