A container ship loaded with multicolored containers approaches a port, used as a representative image of merchandise trade.

The World Trade Organization says a stronger multilateral trading system could lift global gross domestic product by 2.9% by 2050, equal to about $3 trillion in 2023 prices. Its new report also puts the gap between deeper cooperation and a more fragmented system at roughly 5% to 10% of global real GDP.

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