国际商会国际仲裁院-重振多边贸易体系：行动呼吁（英）

Call for actionRevitalising the multilateral trading system November 2025 | Revitalising the multilateral trading system | Call for action | 2Copyright © 2025 International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ICC holds all copyright and other intellectual property rights in this collective work, and encourages its reproduction and dissemination subject to the following:• ICC must be cited as the source and copyright holder mentioning the title of the document, © International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the publication year.• Express written permission must be obtained for any modification, adaptation or translation, for any commercial use, and for use in any manner that implies that another organisation or person is the source of, or is associated with, the work. • The work may not be reproduced or made available on websites except through a link to the relevant ICC web page (not to the document itself). Permission can be requested from ICC through ipmanagement@iccwbo.orgNovember 2025 | Revitalising the multilateral trading system | Call for action | 3Table of contentsExecutive summary ..............................................................................4Introduction ...........................................................................................5The business case for the WTO .......................................................6Updated diagnostic view of systemic challenges .....................6A new level of urgency to act ..........................................................7Proposed way forward .......................................................................8What MC14 must deliver ..................................................................10Annex 1: Proposed list of issues to be addressed ......................11November 2025 | Revitalising the multilateral trading system | Call for action | 4Executive summaryThe International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) issues this urgent call for action to World Trade Organization (WTO) Members as the multilateral trading system stands at a critical crossroads, requiring decisive action at the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in March 2026.The WTO has been facing major challenges for many years, with repeated calls for reform. However, the pace and trajectory of unilateral actions and rising trade barriers raise alarming prospects of accelerating systemic collapse. But this outcome is not inevitable. For the global business community, MC14 is a “lifesaver” opportunity to mobilise political will to salvage the rules-based system – and, in doing so, secure the jobs, investment and growth that every economy depends on. Preserving and strengthening the WTO is not a theoretical exercise – it is an urgent priority for sustainable development and shared prosperity for people and communities around the world. At MC14, ministers have the opportunity to set their countries on a historic course of long-term competitiveness by launching a reform round that will revitalise glob