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.

Can and should the US compete with China in infrastructure diplomacy?

Launched at the 2021 G7 Summit, the US-led Build Back Better World initiative should refrain from concentrating its resources into a difficult mission of competing with China’s Belt and Road infrastructure investments. Rather, Washington should cooperate with Beijing where it can, continue to promote better international standards, and contend in sectors where it enjoys competitive advantages.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 11/23/2021

China’s circumvention of trade remedies – and how the US can respond

China’s institutionalized trade circumvention apparatus presents an enormous challenge for modern trade policy and existing remedies are ill-equipped to address the problem. The global trade system needs a new and updated set of tools, which start from and require the US to coordinate with its allies and partners.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 11/23/2021

Protectionism and isolationist tendencies are slowing down and changing globalization

For some time - and even before the Corona crisis - relevant tendencies towards a slowdown and in some cases also towards a reduction in globalization have been discussed.

German Economic InstituteThu, 11/18/2021

The Best Argument for Free Trade is a Personal Argument

The best argument for free trade - the best argument for rampant trade - might be a personal one.

Fundación Internacional BasesMon, 11/08/2021

The WTO, trade agreements, and sustainable trade: the Asian experience

Supportive international trade rules and sustainable development are inextricably linked in multifarious ways. As major beneficiaries and active participants in trade agreements, whether these agreements be regional, plurilateral, or multilateral, Asian countries are well-placed to take a front-running position in the reform of the global trading system.

Hinrich FoundationWed, 11/03/2021

Customs Tariff Reforms remain lackluster to augment country’s exports

PRIME’s new report, “Customs Tariff Reforms: one step forward, two steps back” finds that country is lagging to diversify its produce, markets and our domestic industries remained inefficient on the back of insignificant tariff reforms. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government came to power with the reformative agenda to augment industrialization and exports of the country but “Make in Pakistan” remained a slogan because contemporary tariff structure restricts innovation and efficiency.

The PRIME InstituteWed, 11/03/2021

Lawrence Herman – On the Persistence of Trade Sanctions

While governments struggle to find consensus in the lead-up to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) critical ministerial conference (MC12) at the end of November, there is a highly significant global development that won’t even be touched on at the meeting: the spread of trade embargoes and economic sanctions.

C.D. Howe Institute Mon, 10/25/2021

The Evolution of Taiwan’s Trade Linkages With the U.S. and Global Economies

Economic, trade, innovation, and global value chain (GVC) linkages between the United States and Taiwan are vitally important to both nations’ advanced technology industries and broader economies. Policymakers should work to deepen them.

Information Technology and Innovation FoundationMon, 10/25/2021

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

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