The Director-General of the International Labor Organization said at the International Labor Conference on June 2 that the current global trade tensions have intensified, which has impacted the labor markets of various countries.

The 113th International Labor Conference opened in Geneva, Switzerland on June 2. In his speech, Houngbo said that according to the latest forecast of the International Labor Organization's World Employment and Social Outlook Report, the number of new jobs in the world is expected to be 53 million in 2025, a decrease of 7 million from the 60 million expected in October last year. The main reason for this change is that the intensification of trade tensions has led to a slowdown in global economic growth.

The widespread application of artificial intelligence is having an increasingly significant impact on the global labor market. It is expected that highly digital jobs such as media, software development and finance will face increasing risks. At the same time, jobs that rely on repetitive physical labor will also be "increasingly vulnerable."