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The article centers on quantum computing's threat to the encryption that secures trade, and on the lack of shared standards for "quantum safe" systems. For AI and quantum readers, the practical point is that migration to post-quantum cryptography is a governance and timing problem as well as a technical one. The "five years" figure is a panelist's estimate, not a consensus forecast, so it is best read as a planning signal rather than a firm deadline.

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In ‘Quantum 101’ Session, WTO Trade Officials Hear Quantum Encryption Window May Close Within Five Years

The Quantum InsiderOctober 16, 20266 min read

Insider Brief The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) member delegations were told this week that the encryption underpinning international trade could be broken by quantum computers within roughly five years, and that the trading system has no shared definition yet of what it means to be “quantum safe.” The warning came at a one-hour session in […]

A “Quantum 101” session at the World Trade Organization, co-organized by the permanent missions of Israel, Singapore and Switzerland, introduced trade negotiators to quantum technologies and their implications for trade. Speakers from industry, academia and national programs said the most direct link between quantum and trade is encryption, which secures payments, letters of credit, customs filings and e-signatures. Panelists also pointed to concentrated supply chains, diverging standards and a possible “quantum divide” between countries as trade questions that are already emerging. The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) member delegations were told this week that the encryption underpinning international trade could be broken by quantum computers within roughly…

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