# WTO chief calls Strait of Hormuz disruption ‘worst threat’ to global trade in eight decades

https://mins.news/en/item/64381

- TRT World, 2026-09-18 14:03 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/5ca8e51e6201

> WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala calls disruption in the Strait of Hormuz the “worst threat” to global trade in eight decades. She urges developing countries to help shape modernised trade policies and seize economic opportunities.

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