Trade Agreements

Trade agreements—whether multilateral ones through the WTO, plurilateral ones such as the CPTPP, or bilateral agreements between two nations—represent the foundational vehicle through which nations remove trade barriers and deepen trade linkages. This category includes a wide array of GTIPA-member reports examining trade agreements their nations have implemented.

TRANS-PACIFIC TRADE BLOC BETTER WITHOUT CHINA: DAVID KILGOUR AND DAVID MATAS FOR INSIDE POLICY

Expanding the membership of rule of law countries such as the US, India and Taiwan in the CPTPP will be an important counter to an aggressive, totalitarian regime in Beijing, write David Kilgour and David Matas.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Thu, 10/14/2021

Foreign Direct Influence? Trade and investment on the Red Sea’s African shores

Development and growth are never politically neutral and cannot be interpreted from only a technical or macro-economic viewpoint. This article charts the intertwining of trade and investment patterns in the Horn of Africa with geopolitical trends and local dynamics, and highlights the entry points for conceptualizing political and business risks for FDI.

Hinrich FoundationFri, 10/01/2021

Three ways Covid-19 should change our approach to trade agreements

As humans continue to encroach on natural habitats, Covid-19 will not be the last zoonotic disease to evolve into a global pandemic. While we are still assessing the fallout from the pandemic and weighing measures to mitigate its consequences, there are three ways that trade agreements must evolve to reflect this new reality.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 09/28/2021

Key Issues for Reforming the World Trade Organization

This monograph—authored by a subset of GTIPA members—explores the leading challenges facing the WTO and offers a number of policy recommendations for how to address them.

Mon, 09/27/2021

EU trade agreements. What do they mean for Polish entrepreneurs?

The European Union conducts a trade policy which is to ensure the best possible opportunities for economic cooperation with third countries. It includes free trade and investment agreements. The EU has so far signed 41 such agreements with 72 countries.

THINKTANKTue, 09/21/2021

China applies to join the CPTPP

With China's formal request to join the CPTPP, the key question of concern for current members will be whether or not they judge China to be ready, willing, and able to uphold the existing rules in the agreement. Getting large economies to join any deals can raise the stakes, but the benefits of success can also be larger.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 09/21/2021

Digital trade deals should focus more on small businesses

By helping to create ‘National Single Window’ (NSW) systems for countries around the world, Jonathan Koh has been enabling greater trade for decades. Part the Hinrich Foundation's 'Future of Trade' series, we recently interviewed Koh to discuss the progress of NSWs and the prospects of digital trade agreements such as the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) between Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 09/14/2021

ASEAN waits for RCEP ratification – and post-pandemic integration

Given the uncertainty surrounding Covid-19 variants and political instability in the region, the RCEP may not come into full force until 2022. As the free trade agreement seeks to transform existing global value chains, gaps in provisions and the increasingly inward-looking policies adopted by members could curtail the benefits brought by greater integration.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 09/07/2021

The transatlantic economic relations and their outstanding significance for the future of the European and the German economy

The EU and the US remain each other’s most important economic partners, despite the confrontative course of the Trump administration and China’s rise as a global economic power. This is particularly the case as interconnectedness and the role of foreign affiliates in exchanging know-how and services have been gaining importance as the very fundamentals of future globalization.

German Economic InstituteMon, 09/06/2021

Thanks to the Federal Mega Spending, the Trade Deficit Has Only Worsen

President Trump's protectionist trade measures against China and other external partners have not led to a reduction in the total US trade deficit. In fact, the latter grew even more as China's exports found indirect routes into the US and massive domestic spending plans were expanded during the pandemic.

Fundación Internacional BasesWed, 08/25/2021

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