TradeExperettes survey of women trade professionals on the impact of COVID-19 on their lives
Maria V. Sokolova and Leila Aridi Afas
The constant stream of COVID-19 coverage is overwhelming. It makes our minds spiral in different directions without a clear understanding of whether the sacrifices we are making are indeed “flattening the curve” and minimizing the impact of the virus.
An Ambitious Agenda on Trade and Multilateralism is Needed for the Recovery of the Global Economy
Currently, the world is facing a crisis unlike anything we have seen before. And without doubt, it is difficult in the middle of a crisis to discuss anything else than acute measures.
Trade Facilitation and the Response to COVID-19: An Update on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
With growing dialogue on the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and a global focus on the movement of vital supplies across borders in response to COVID-19, it is an opportune time to review progress with the only multilateral pact agreed to by the WTO since its founding, the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).
Compulsory licensing of a COVID-19 vaccine: Ensuring global access
Gabriela Sánchez Escamilla
We are facing a historic moment. In less than 4 months, COVID-19 has become a pandemic of proportions nobody could have imagined.
Trade-restrictive measures and COVID-19: Are WTO Agreements proving to be pandemic proof?
Ariane Yvon
As the COVID-19 outbreak rapidly expanded and continues, government officials around the world have adopted a vast number of restrictions on exports and imports of key products needed to address the pandemic.
Black Swan and the 5 pirouettes the world is doing for Covid-19
The ballet “Swan Lake,” composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, has symbolized major political shifts in the Russian Federation since it was broadcasted for three days on Russian television during an attempted coup d’état in 1991.
Managed Trade: The Case of Beef in U.S.-China Trade
Last month, the United States and China signed an “Economic and Trade Agreement.” One noteworthy feature of the Agreement is that it has a chapter on “Expanding Trade.”
The EU as the Lone Ranger Converger with the Global Legal Order? On Methodology
Scholarship, from international economic law, international investment law, international human rights law to sources of Public International Law (PIL), increasingly frames new shifts in sources, practice and jurisprudence as an explicit narrative of ”convergence”.
Blockchain: A game-changer for international trade?
Emmanuelle Ganne
Some 60 years after the invention of the container, international trade may be undergoing a new revolution.
The WTO is Alive and Kicking
Namali Mackay
It may come as a surprise in this brave new world of unpredictable international rules - that the World Trade Organization appears to be alive and kicking.
#TradingForward: TradeExperettes talk about how trade can adapt to a changing world
Hanna Norberg, Anna Jerzewska and Elitsa Garnizova
TradeExperettes’ discuss digital trade, gender and trade, good governance, and more inclusive growth at the WTO Public forum.
#TradingForward: ITC's Vanessa Erogbogbo talks to TradeExperettes about SMEs and trade
A chat with Vanessa Erogbogbo, Chief of Sustainable and Inclusive Value Chains, DEI/SIVC at the International Trade Centre
'Trade for Her' - empowering women in trade
The conference, entitled ‘Trade for Her’, will explore current challenges and barriers to women in trade, hear business perspectives on the issues, and discuss synergies with other policy areas - ultimately seeking to identify solutions for women’s greater empowerment in trade.