Tag: Trade

Trade and the Future of Food (Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Project-Syndicate)

World Food Day offers an important opportunity to recall how vital a role trade plays in shaping the production, availability, pricing, and quality of...

(China/India) China’s trade with India

Qi Xijia writes for Global Times: China's trade with India in the first half of this year showed an upward trajectory but edged down...

Developing Countries/Trade – Poor countries need trade to recover from the pandemic. How can global cooperation help? (PIIE)

HOST Anabel González Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) GUESTS Mari Elka Pangestu Managing Director of Developing Policy and Partnerships, World Bank Carlos Primo Braga Associate...

Trade and development: The view from 50 years ago (Brookings)

Farrukh Iqbal In preparing to teach a course on trade and development recently, I was struck by how much views on the subject had changed...

(Trade/Climate Change) 4 ways to improve trade rules and support climate action (WEF)

Jeroen Ouwehand, Matthew Layton Climate change goals require urgent global action – drawing on the brightest minds and the latest clean technology. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/4-ways-improve-trade-rules-support-climate-action/

(USA/Australia/China/Trade) No quick fix from Biden for Australia’s China trade woes (East Asia Forum)

James Laurenceson, UTS Hopes are high that, with the Biden administration in the White House, the United States might come to Australia’s rescue as China...

(USA/China/Trade) Will Biden’s America change course on China and trade? (East Asia Forum)

Charles R Hankla, Georgia State University US President Joe Biden’s administration must figure out how to pick up the pieces of former president Donald Trump’s...

(Trade/Climate Change) Toward a Climate-Driven Trade Agenda (Jack Caporal, William Alan Reinsch, CSIS)

International trade and climate change have traditionally been considered two distinct issues for the global community to address. However, as the climate crisis gains...

(Trade) 12 trade tasks to prioritize in 2021 (Sean Doherty, Kimberley Botwright, WEF)

The new director-general at the WTO will have a raft of challenges on their desk – here are our suggestions for one task...

(Trade/Pandemic) Trade and Covid-19: Lessons from the first wave (Alvaro Espitia, Aaditya Mattoo, Nadia Rocha, Michele Ruta, Deborah Winkler, VOXEU)

The Covid-19 pandemic has inflicted both a supply and demand shock across many countries. Production, consumption, and trade patterns have been affected, both directly...

USA/TRADE/INDO PACIFIC – Is America back? The high politics of trade in the Indo-Pacific (Mireya Solís, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/04/is-america-back-the-high-politics-of-trade-in-the-indo-pacific/

AFRICA – Is Africa ready for a free-trade zone? (Al Jazeera)

A new year and a new start for Africa. The world’s largest single market has opened, enabling all but one of the 55 nations to...

TRADE/FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION – Mapping TradeTech: Trade in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (WEF)

TradeTech, or the set of technologies and innovations that enable trade to be more efficient, inclusive, and equitable, is fundamental to harnessing the innovations...

TPP – What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? (James McBride, Andrew Chatzky, and Anshu Siripurapu, CFR)

Summary The TPP was a massive trade agreement signed by twelve Pacific Rim countries, including the United States, that together comprised 40 percent of...