Tag Archives: Regional trade agreements

Coming Apart: WTO fiasco highlights urgency for the U.S. to lead the global trading system

India’s torpedoing last week the WTO’s trade facilitation agreement, struck at the last minute between the United States and India in the December 2013 WTO Ministerial in Bali, is a death blow to the world body and adds to growing … Continue reading

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RTA Exchange Platform Presented at WTO

This week I had a chance to present at the World Trade Organization (WTO) the draft online platform of RTA Exchange, a new global forum for dialogue on regional trade agreements I conceptualized in 2012-13 as theme leader of the … Continue reading

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RTA Exchange Announced

I am glad to share the announcement of a new global initiative that I conceptualized in the context of the ICTSD-World Economic Forum E15 initaitive. The press release follows, and paper is attached. Comments welcome! For immediate release, 4 December … Continue reading

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The Surprise End Game in Global Trade

From VoxEU, 20 December 2012 http://www.voxeu.org/article/surprise-end-game-global-trade Free trade agreements are now the centre of gravity in global commerce. This column says they are also the likeliest pathway to multilateral trade liberalisation. With the US negotiating two mega deals – the … Continue reading

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