New trade restrictions introduced last year affected almost USD 3 trillion of global trade, more than three times as much as the previous year.

Omissions

• The WTO's review period is mid-October 2024 to mid-October 2025, not calendar-year 2025.
• The available estimate is USD 2.7 trillion, about 10% below the 'almost USD 3 trillion' wording, though 'almost' makes the rounding defensible.
• The WTO release indicates the increase was more than fourfold, so 'more than three times' is conservative rather than overstated.
• The exact USD 2.7 trillion figure is reported by a secondary compilation (World Openness Report), while the WTO primary release confirms the more-than-fourfold increase over the review period.

Sources

• PrimaryWorld Trade Organization — Large increase in new tariffs but also measures to ease trade tensionsThe value of global goods imports affected by new tariffs and other import measures increased more than fourfold from mid-October 2024 to mid-October 2025 ...
• SecondaryWorld Openness Report 2025By July 2025, the trade volume affected by trade-restrictive measures had reached USD 2.7 trillion, the highest level since statistics began in 2009 ...