On the 13th, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, stated in Tokyo, Japan, that the tariff measures imposed by the United States pose a challenge to global trade. According to Bloomberg News, Iweala told Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during their meeting in Tokyo that the current trade landscape faces very severe circumstances, but there are also many opportunities that should be leveraged to address these challenges. Additionally, according to NHK, both Iweala and Ishiba agreed on the necessity of working together to address issues such as the flaws in the WTO dispute resolution mechanism and to restore the cohesion of the WTO.