Opinion

Opinion and analysis from ICTSD’s network of experts

ICTSD

Statement from the Governing Board

16 January 2019
ICTSD
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) operated out of Geneva as a thought leader and source of knowledge for the global trade and development...

ICTSD

Announcement: Closure of ICTSD

30 November 2018
ICTSD
It is with sadness that we must announce that due to an untenable financial situation ICTSD will cease operations in its current form as of 30 November 2018. We would like to...

Amanda Bisong

Migration

Youth unemployment, trade, and migration in West Africa: Lessons and opportunities

27 November 2018
Amanda Bisong
This article considers rising youth unemployment in West Africa and the role of trade and migration in meeting this challenge. Lessons and opportunities can be drawn from the...
G20

International economic cooperation in troubled times: A call for strong action by the G20

26 November 2018
Axel Berger, Uri Dadush, Andreas Freytag, Simon J Evenett, Christian von Haldenwang, Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Raul Ochoa, Agustin Redonda, Karl P. Sauvant
The leaders of the G20 will meet on 30 November and 1 December in Buenos Aires for their annual summit. They need to acknowledge that the last two years have been characterised by strong headwinds for the world economy . This time, however, it is not a mixture of poor macroeconomic policies and bad...

Gianluca Orefice

Migration

Managing global value chains and migration through deep preferential trade agreements

19 November 2018
Gianluca Orefice
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) can be used by signatory countries to manage their participation in global value chains as well as cross-border migration flows. The inclusion...

Sandra Lavenex

Migration

The trade-migration nexus: Multilateral stalemate versus regional and bilateral dynamics

19 November 2018
Sandra Lavenex
The proliferation of regional and bilateral preferential trade agreements has spurred a dynamic evolution of “mode 4” provisions well beyond the standard acquired in the WTO...

Alicia Frohmann

Gender

An opportunity for a gender equality focus in trade policy?

16 November 2018
Alicia Frohmann
Gender is being mainstreamed into several recent trade agreements and negotiations. Gender-specific data and gender-sensitive impact assessments should guide negotiations. The...
Agriculture

Trade tensions and agriculture: A proposal for WTO action

14 November 2018
Martin Piñeiro, Valeria Piñeiro
There is a need to introduce some flexibility into global trade policies and institutions given the current trade tensions, anti-globalisation sentiments, and the large number of countries that participate in WTO negotiations. Large food net importers and large food net exporters have common and...

Soledad Leal Campos

G20

G20 priorities to tackle the challenges of global trade governance and pursue the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

13 November 2018
Soledad Leal Campos
On its seventieth anniversary, the multilateral trading system faces heightened risk and policy uncertainty . In the face of these risks, G20 leaders have a historic...

Catharine Titi

RTA Exchange

The evolution of substantive investment protections in recent trade and investment treaties

12 November 2018
Catharine Titi
Substantive standards in new international investment agreements converge, including between Europe and North America. Typical features of convergence include market access...

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