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27 November 2018
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 implementation of free movement protocols in West Africa, with recommendations on how the rest of Africa can benefit from...
19 November 2018
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 of one additional provision in PTAs stimulates the bilateral fragmentation of production by one percent. PTAs that...
19 November 2018
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 General Agreement on Trade in Services. Free trade agreements signed by China and India also cover non highly skilled workers...
6 November 2018
African women are frequently over-represented in cross-border trade; however, their specific needs are insufficiently addressed. The migration aspect of cross-border trade requires greater prominence, including attention to the gendered characteristics of migration. Female traders require greater...
30 October 2018
Intra-African migration has a strong pro-trade effect. It contributes to greater intra-African trade in products and services, generates revenues for governments and regions, while addressing the continent’s broader development challenges. Migration can be a catalyst for the continent’s socio-...
30 October 2018
Japan has traditionally imposed one of the most stringent immigration policies among developed nations. But with aging demographics, its increasingly critical labour shortage is prompting more radical approaches, including relaxing a virtual ban on unskilled workers. Many countries are currently...
30 October 2018
Migration policies interact with trade through different and complex channels. Large-scale deportations of Central American nationals from the US, and considering only the remittances and trade channels, will affect adversely Central American countries’ GDP, fiscal accounts, and poverty levels...
13 September 2018
Negotiators are heading towards the annual UN climate conference with a tremendous workload to overcome, after an emergency effort in Bangkok to flesh out the Paris Agreement implementation guidelines closed on Sunday 9 September with “limited” and “uneven” progress. The additional talks in the...
30 July 2018
Члены ВТО 26 июля 2018 г. приняли приглашение Казахстана провести в Астане 12-ю Министерскую конференцию ВТО, которая состоится в июне 2020 года. Это решение было принято консенсусом на заседании Генерального совета ВТО. В Министерской конференции ВТО примут участие министры торговли и другие...
20 July 2018
Este artigo sustenta que uma das prioridades do G20 sob a Presidência da Argentina deve ser orientar os trabalhos no âmbito da OMC e da UNFCCC na direção de ações mais concretas com vistas ao incremento do comércio e, simultaneamente, ao avanço no combate à mudança climática.
19 July 2018
Negotiators have agreed on a final version of a global “migration compact,” capping several rounds of UN talks that were designed to respond to a burgeoning migrant crisis both within and across national borders. The text outlines a series of objectives that together could help make migration safer...