%0 Book %A World Trade Organization %T Overview of Developments in the International Trading Environment - Annual Report by the Director-General (2014) %D 2014 %I WTO %R https://doi.org/10.30875/c490cca0-en %U https://www.wto-ilibrary.org/content/books/9789287047885, %X Azevêdo says rise in trade restrictions “cause for concern”: Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in introducing his annual report “Developments in the International Trading Environment” to the Trade Policy Review Body on 8 December, said that “the stock of trade restrictions introduced by WTO members since 2008 continues to rise”. He said that “in a climate of economic uncertainty the continued accumulation of trade-restrictive measures poses a clear risk”.