Insights (Filter: WTO)
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There’s Another Way of Looking at the WTO
Tags: WTOBy: Stuart HarbinsonAs the WTO’s next ministerial conference at the end of November comes into view, many commentators portray it as another “make or break” moment...
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G7 and Tech Governance
What this week’s summitry means for tech policy The past week of summitry was preceded by President Biden's promise to re-engage and reset – or...
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What’s in Store for the New WTO Director-General?
Tags: WTOBy: Stuart HarbinsonThe appointment of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization has been called historic. She is the first...
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COVID, Trade, the G20, WTO and Oscar Wilde
By: Stuart Harbinson‘Buy American’, ‘Dual Circulation’, ‘Strategic Autonomy’ – these, and similar ideas, have been around or in gestation for some...
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Biden’s Win Creates a New Global Trade Challenge – Delivering Results
By: David HenigPresident Biden will enter the White House to considerable goodwill from an international community mostly relieved that they don’t have to put up...
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A Biden Win Won’t Fix the World Trade System
By: David HenigA US Presidential election always exerts quite a hold on the political world’s attention, but not often with personal stakes as high as they seem...
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Trade in Time of Corona: What’s Next for the EU?
The European Commission updated its trade forecasts for 2020 which followed the WTO’s estimates for this and next year. Both reports agree on a...
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The Right Kind of Standard to Fight a Pandemic
By: Oscar GuineaOn the 20th of March 2020, the EU made a big announcement. To help companies ramp up production on medical goods, 11 standards were made available...
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After Azevedo, What Next for the WTO?
Tags: WTOBy: Stuart HarbinsonRoberto Azevedo will have served diligently as Director-General of the World Trade Organization for seven years when he leaves office at the end of...
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Of Debt and Disease.
A street pharmacy in Tanzania (from author’s own archives) Debt relief is not a panacea to tackle the pandemic in the developing countries In midst...
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A Global Agreement on Medical Equipment and Supplies to fight COVID-19
By: Oscar GuineaThe trade answer to the coronavirus crisis has been a mix of openness and protectionism. Countries have lowered import duties (examples here, here,...
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Coronavirus Does Not Mean the End of Globalisation
By: David HenigThe world of trade will change for ever. Globalisation is dead. Supply chains will become shorter, and less complex. The nation state is back. Except...