According to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures, trade covered by tariffs in G20 economies saw the largest increase in the history of WTO trade monitoring.
G20 merchandise imports worth USD 2,599 billion, or 14.3 per cent of their total, were affected mostly by tariffs along with other measures introduced between mid-October 2024 and mid-October 2025. This was more than four times the USD 599 billion recorded in the preceding period.
Over the same period, G20 economies also introduced a large number of new trade-facilitating measures, and mostly refrained from retaliation, favouring dialogue and reducing trade barriers instead.
During the review period, G20 economies initiated 28.5 trade remedy investigations per month on average — less than the monthly average of 32.5 recorded in 2024 but close to the 2020 level of 28.6 per month. The average number of trade remedy terminations was 9.3 per month, marking the third-lowest level since 2016. Trade remedy actions-particularly anti-dumping measures-remain a key trade policy instrument for most G20 economies, accounting for 55.2 per cent of all trade measures on goods recorded in this latest report.
Source: WTO