Insights (Filter: WTO)
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From the General Agreement to the World Trade Organisation
By: Roderick AbbottThis blog is about the gap between the old GATT mansion (Villa Bocage) and the modern WTO edifice (Centre William Rappard) – or to explain that...
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IN MEMORIAM – PETER SUTHERLAND
Tags: WTOBy: Roderick AbbottPeter died last Sunday in a hospital in Dublin, his home city and home country. He was aged 71. He had suffered a heart attack in September 2016,...
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Brexit – The Trade Agenda Moves One Step Further
By: Roderick AbbottIn a previous blog I described the UK trade agenda, the four principal areas where the UK will be losing trade access or trade rights and privileges...
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The WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi – What are the Results?
By: Hanna DeringerThe 10th Ministerial Conference of the WTO finished on Saturday night in Nairobi with a package of agreements the WTO itself calls “historic”....
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China – Regionalism and Multilateralism
By: Fredrik ErixonThe history of international economic cooperation teaches us one important lesson: every form of cooperation will die – essentially if not...
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Why Europe Needs to Take TPP Seriously
Tags: APEC Australia Canada China EU GATT Japan Malaysia Mexico New Zealand RCEP Singapore TPP TTIP US Vietnam WTOThere's no point any longer in pretending: The geo-economic race over the Asia-Pacific is now on - and in the open. Will the TPP coalition declare...
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Behind Global Trade Statistics
By: Roderick AbbottDo you sometimes wonder about the world trade statistics, published by the WTO? Behind the headline numbers, there is a lot to explore … Until...
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India, the WTO Bali Package, and Global Value Chains
India’s economy has become much more liberal over the last 20 years. Its applied tariff rate has gone down from a high 113% in 1990-91 to a low...
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Unwelcome Benefits of the WTO Bali Deal?
Tags: agriculture foreign direct investment India Least Developed Countries multilateralism trade facilitation WTO WTO Ministerial ConferenceAfter twelve years of tedious negotiations, only a fraction of the original Doha mandate remains. One is filled with certain surprise and relief,...
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Never Short of Good Ideas…
To clarify, ECIPE proposed the International Digital Economy Agreement (IDEA for short) in 2010 to expand the WTO IT Agreement (ITA) to cover both...
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Bang or a Whimper? The Doha Round and the Bali Ministerial Meeting
By: Fredrik ErixonThe paradox of modern trade policy is that it is painfully difficult to stitch together a global trade deal despite economies being ever more densely...
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A Funeral l(ITA)ny for Technology Trade
Tags: WTOIt has been called the mother of all plurilaterals – or the only evidence of any trade liberalisation since the creation of the WTO. Nonetheless,...