Charlotte Sieber-Gasser

A new, untested regulatory mechanism for the promotion of (more) sustainable trade through trade preferences is about to be introduced for the first time worldwide.

Ann-Evelyn Luyten

The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), provided that relevant rules of origin are satisfied. At the same time, the TCA includes two notable features regarding trade and sustainable development (TSD) commitments.

Anna Carle

EU-Mercosur Association Agreement, which was finalized on June 28, 2019, has faced strong opposition, particularly from environmentalists who argue that increased trade will intensify Brazilian deforestation rates and violate indigenous rights.

Fiama Angeles, Riya Roy, and Yulia Yarina

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has faced severe criticism for its inability to conclude any major negotiations in over two decades. The lack of consensus among its diverse Membership, who differ considerably in terms of their economic, socio-political structures, and interests, has been at the center of this impasse.

Amrita Bahri

Economic empowerment comes with unfettered access to economic opportunities and resources. The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the impact of these pre-existing barriers in various ways.

Marta Bengoa et al.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shocked the global economy, and also likely altered the global trading system for good.

Huan Zhu

On December 1, 2020, China’s first Export Control Law took effect. The timing of the new law suggests that it is a response to recent high-profile export restrictions targeting Chinese buyers by the Trump administration (examples here, here and here).

Amalie G. Thystrup

Trade and gender is in the spotlight. The international community has committed to making trade more inclusive, and taken steps to facilitate women’s participation in the global trading system.

Faith Tigere and Kugler Kholofelo

Trade in medical goods has experienced a boom with the outbreak of COVID-19. However, the imposition by governments of trade restrictions on COVID-19 medical products has affected global supply chains, which in turn impact public health interventions.

Anna Guildea

On the night of November 7th as Joseph R. Biden Jr. officially won the United States presidential election, a clip from several years ago resurfaced to make its rounds on Twitter: the President-Elect can be seen passing throngs of press, with one voice overheard: “Sir, can you answer a few questions for the BBC?” to which Biden replies, with his signature grin: “The BBC? I’m Irish.”

María Belén Gracia

On October 7, 2020, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on the implementation of the common commercial policy.

Camille Van der Vorst

In light of the current COVID-19 crisis, businesses are encouraged to be more resilient to external economic shocks by diversifying or reshoring their supply chains.

Maria V. Sokolova

According to the International Trade Centre, women face such gendered barriers as official bans to holding certain jobs, maternity obstacles, and employment restrictions – all despite doing twice more unpaid care work.

Anna Jankowska and Maria V. Sokolova

This raises a question: how temporary are temporary export restrictions and to what extent are these restrictions indicative of a “new normal”?

Pamela Ugaz

The widespread lockdown imposed across the globe has slowed down economic activities, in particular cross-border trade.

Maria V. Sokolova, Alisa DiCaprio, and Nicole Bivens Collinson

The nominations process that has been in place up until now for international organizations has yielded limited diversity both with regard to gender and nationality of candidates.

Aakanksha Mishra

Over the past couple of decades, China has become the hub of global supply chain networks. It has been reducing its reliance on foreign inputs while continuously increasing its exports of intermediate goods.

Laura Basagni

The economic crisis brought by COVID-19 has again underscored the unethical business culture which pervades the fashion retail industry.