Celebrating SPS@25, the 25th anniversary of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement), a number of online events will be hosted by the World Trade Organization and the SPS Committee. Events will include: Monday, 2… Read moreSPS@25: Events to Mark the 25th Anniversary of the SPS Agreement
On the occasion of World Food Day, the OECD prepared a resource page compiling papers and briefs on food policy, food security, and the global food system post-COVID. “Food systems in OECD Countries have been maintaining the availability of food… Read moreOECD Briefs on Food Policy and Food Security Post-COVID
World Bank Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and… Read moreWomen and Trade: The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality
OECD The 2020 edition of International Migration Outlook analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and some non-member countries, and looks at the evolution of the labour market outcomes of immigrants in OECD countries. It includes a special… Read moreInternational Migration Outlook 2020
The journal of World Intellectual Property Ivan Stepanov Intellectual property (IP) and foreign direct investment (FDI) are seen as important contributors to economic development. However, once given a closer look, a complex economic landscape emerges. Although, both IP and FDI… Read moreEconomic development dimension of intellectual property as investment in international investment law
Journal of World Trade Petros C. Mavroidis, Matteo Fiorini, Bernard M. Hoekman, Maarja Saluste, Robert Wolfe The WTO dispute settlement system is in crisis, following the decision of the United States to block new appointments to the Appellate Body (AB). The AB went into… Read moreWTO Dispute Settlement and the Appellate Body: Insider Perceptions and Members’ Revealed Preferences
Global Trade and Customs Journal Eti Best Herbert and Fasilat Abimbola Olalere The world is often regarded as a global village or borderless globe where various countries freely interconnect and interrelate towards achieving a global goal. Globalization has occasioned international… Read moreWhat Is Economic Globalization Without Trans-boundary Migration?
Vox EU CEPR Simeon Djankov and Ugo Panizza At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was hoped that warm weather and younger populations would shield many developing countries from the virus. This hope has not been realised. While the pandemic… Read moreCOVID-19 in Developing Economies
The World Economy Peter H. Egger and Johannes Schwarzer Structural changes in the world economy have altered the way we think about international trade, which has long been synonymous with international trade in goods. Export‐led growth strategies were built on… Read moreThe effects of services trade policies: Introduction to the special issue
Journal of World Trade Joost Pauwelyn Trade saves lives’ could have been the headline. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hit so hard, quickly and across so many nations at the same time, that many countries not only rushed to produce and… Read moreExport Restrictions in Times of Pandemic: Options and Limits Under International Trade Agreements