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The WTO: Out of Service, but Obsessed with Services

The WTO launched its World Trade Report 2019 on the future of the service industry at its annual Public Forum, but fierce debates during the event prove that the WTO is almost completely “out of service” due to ongoing trade wars as well as US attacks on Special & Differential Treatment.

The G20 in Osaka: all quiet on the Eastern front

All is not well with the G20, which lacks democratic legitimacy, is hopelessly divided and is also losing its political influence. The main reason for this is the conflict between the US and China, the EU and the rest of the world. So how should we interpret the predictably surprising outcomes of the ...

The WTO goes “e”—but head over heels

Vision & Fiction This year’s Public Forum of the World Trade Organization (WTO) focused on a vision of how world trade would look like in 2030. And when it comes to visions, fiction is often not too far. However, one thing seems to be already clear—the primary trade by 2030 will be e-commerce. The ...

Unpacking Trade and Investment

The year 2017 begins with a peal of thunder. The newly elected US president Trump abandons the Trans Pacific Partnership, a genuine geo-political monster project which aimed at excluding China as main contender of the USA in the Pacific. Simultaneously it looks like the new US administration wants to renegotiate NAFTA, and the future of the TTIP negotiations are also highly uncertain ...

Desentrañando el comercio y la inversión

El año 2017 comienza con tormentas. El recientemente elegido presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump abandona el Trans Pacific Partnership un monstruoso proyecto geopolítico que quería excluir a China como principal competidor de EE.UU en el Pacífico. A la vez parece que la nueva administración quiere renegociar el NAFTA, y el futuro de las negociaciones del TTIP es incierto ...

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The WTO: Out of Service, but Obsessed with Services

The G20 in Osaka: all quiet on the Eastern front

The WTO goes “e”—but head over heels

Unpacking Trade and Investment

Desentrañando el comercio y la inversión

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