Trade and Development

Trade is indispensable to fostering greater levels of global economic development. As the OECD has written, “No country has lifted itself out of poverty without international trade.” This category consolidates GTIPA-member reports assessing the intersection of trade and economic development.

Indonesia's "Omnibus Bill" weakens labor and environmental standards

Indonesia’s new “Omnibus Bill” aims to bolster foreign investment by streamlining business regulation and cutting red tape. But the Indonesia bill contains measures that run contrary to the concept of sustainable trade by, for example, rolling back environmental and labor standards. This approach is out of synch with the modern-day realities faced by companies.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 10/13/2020

Commodity Products and Their Evolution: Where Does Jordan Stand, Enhancing Competitiveness and Exports

(Available in Arabic)

Jordan Strategy ForumMon, 10/12/2020

ASEAN Integration Through the Skies: The Current Progress in Preparation for 2025

This paper will analyze ASEAN integration through seamless air connectivity including a brief analysis of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The plausibility of the ASEAN Community Carrier establishment shall be compared with the European Union (EU) aviation policy and the lessons learned from the latter. Finally, this paper ends with policy recommendations amidst the ASEAN Way, as well as the current liberalization stage in ASEAN.

Institute for Democracy and Economic AffairsFri, 10/09/2020

Canada’s Divorce From Liberal Internationalism: Joshua Walsh For Inside Policy

Canada needs a renewed commitment to multilateralism entrenched in more focused cooperation with our allies, writes Joshua Walsh.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Fri, 10/09/2020

Watch Out For The Carbon Tariff; The Last Thing This World Needs Is Another Trade Weapon

The danger is they will end up being used in aid of green protectionism that will shrink global trade. In the link is an excerpt from the article.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Thu, 10/08/2020

Canada’s Economy Grows, But Growth Remains Narrowly-Based

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator posted significant positive growth, pointing to an ongoing recovery in the Canadian economy.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Tue, 10/06/2020

Exports as a future engine of growth and source of foreign exchange

According to the government's economic model, the export sector will be the engine of growth and also the supplier of the dollars that Argentina needs to sustain it over time. However, history shows us that with the policies it is implementing, foreign sales do not increase, but fall

Libertad y Progreso Mon, 10/05/2020

Uprooting Degrowth

Welcome to the new face of anti-consumerism growing in Europe: degrowth.

Austrian Economics CenterMon, 10/05/2020

How MIT’s “Work of the Future” Project Gets It Wrong: Raising Taxes on Machinery and Software Would Kill Jobs and Hamper Wage Growth

The latest case in this panic and neo-Luddite reaction: a new report from MIT’s “Work of the Future” project. The report, titled “Taxes, Automation, and the Future of Work,” is wrong in its analysis of the relationship between automation and employment; in its analysis of the relative taxes on labor and machinery; and most importantly, in its recommendation to increase the effective tax rate on machinery and equipment investments. Doing that would significantly lower wage growth and reduced U.S. international competitiveness.

Information Technology and Innovation FoundationMon, 10/05/2020

Graphic Images: Disrupting Democracy Vol. III

For this third edition of the series, we decided to turn everything you’ve come to expect from Disrupting Democracy on its head. Rather than looking at the impact of technology on democracy, this volume will use technology to help us better explain democracy in the 21st century. Through the use of carefully constructed algorithms by our partners at the Institute for Competitiveness, we have collected data points that are the driving forces behind the volatility in democracy today. We’ve taken more than 10,000 data points and converted them into a compendium of visualizations that provides a degree of depth that will take you well beyond any written analysis.

The Bertelsmann Foundation (North America) Thu, 10/01/2020

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