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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...
5 April 2018
US President Donald Trump decided last week to suspend duty-free treatment on US imports of apparel products from Rwanda under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The sanction, which is set to take effect in early June, is in reaction to the East African country’s decision to raise...
20 December 2016
Bridges Africa met with Mathias Ismaïl, Chair of OSO Group S.A. and Chief Executive of R&O Seafood Gastronomy, in order to shed light on an ambitious project that has successfully turned sustainability standards into the driving force behind its business model thanks to a clear strategic vision...
26 July 2016
The UK is rethinking its position in global trade. In the wake of the UK’s EU referendum and the vote to “leave,” the government has created a new Department for International Trade and is busy re-deploying several hundred civil servants to staff it. Yes, after more than 40 years, trade...
18 April 2016
During the last two decades, the global trading system has witnessed major evolutions. In particular, as a result of the lack of meaningful progress at the WTO in the framework of the Doha Round, various trade partners have increasingly sought other avenues to pursue their commercial interests,...
18 April 2016
How can Africa mitigate the potential negative impacts of mega-regional trade agreements and support its structural transformation efforts through trade? Since the early 2000s, regional trade agreements (RTAs) – allowed under WTO rules – have flourished. Interestingly, this development has taken...
18 April 2016
This article serves to explore and evaluate the economic effects of planned mega-regional free trade agreements on Africa, as well as to give specific policy advice to their members in order to make future trade more inclusive towards African economies. The world of global trade is changing in a...
18 April 2016
The WTO’s governance functions might be negatively affected by the proliferation of preferential trade agreements. Should this happen, the shift would disproportionately affect small trading nations. Returning from this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Director-General of the World Trade...
17 December 2015
Ao analisar como o Legislativo estadunidense tem tratado as negociações megarregionais, a autora discute as possibilidades de ratificação da TPP no contexto das eleições presidenciais nos Estados Unidos e as implicações desse cenário para o Brasil.
10 September 2015
Vast technological advancements in recent decades, such as the internet and mobile devices, have revolutionised the execution of online transactions involving the transmission of products, services, and payments. This trend is particularly apparent in the Asia-Pacific region, which, in 2013, became...
23 July 2015
Negotiators for a bilateral EU-US trade and investment deal concluded their tenth round of negotiations last week, exchanging revised services offers and reporting productive discussions on regulatory coherence. The latest round, held from 13-17 July in Brussels, Belgium, marks the last before the...
23 July 2015
Leaders of the Mercosur customs bloc agreed to bring a sixth country into their ranks, formally signing off on the entry of Bolivia to the South American group. During their summit in Brasilia on 17 July, the leaders also reviewed the next steps to take in their long-running trade talks with the EU...
25 June 2015
Ministers from China and Australia formally signed a bilateral trade deal last week in Canberra, bringing the highly-anticipated agreement one step closer to enactment after over a decade of negotiations. The news comes seven months after the two trading partners confirmed the successful conclusion...
18 June 2015
Leaders from the EU and Mexico confirmed last Friday that they would be launching negotiations to update their “Global Agreement,” aiming to start the talks for revamping the economic, political, and cooperation pact by year’s end. The news came following a highly-anticipated bilateral summit – the...
18 June 2015
The Mercosur and EU countries are aiming to revamp talks for an Association Agreement and related free trade deal, ministers said last week after a meeting in Brussels, with the two blocs now planning to exchange long-awaited tariff offers by year’s end. “Ministers agreed that, provided conditions...
4 June 2015
Leaders from the EU and Japan agreed last week at a Tokyo summit to speed up the pace of their bilateral trade negotiations, which have been underway since 2013. The push to advance the discussions comes as both trading partners are also working to advance other “mega-regional” trade talks, namely...
13 May 2015
The EU and Mexico confirmed plans this week to update a bilateral trade deal between them, citing the need to reflect new trade realities and build off the advances being made in other major trade negotiations. “Fifteen years is a long time, full stop. So much has happened in recent years that the...
7 May 2015
The EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are planning to explore the option of resuming their long-stalled region-to-region trade talks, officials from both sides confirmed late last month. A meeting between senior officials from both blocs is now planned for the end of the...
2 April 2015
The WTO’s highest court is set to hear the case between Peru and Guatemala over the former’s duties on certain agricultural imports, after Lima filed a formal notice appealing a previous dispute panel ruling last week. At issue in the case is Peru’s “additional duty” on certain agricultural imports...