Trade

Chapter

Human-Centred International Economic Policy: Institutionalizing Inclusion, Sustainability and Resilience in International Economic Governance and Cooperation (Chapter 6)

Palgrave Macmillan, Intl Labour Organization (ILO)

This book chapter presents a Bretton-Woods-like set of deep reforms of the international economic architecture, adapting the IMF, multilateral development banks, and WTO and other trade-related institutions to the challenges of the 21st century based on a post-neoliberal "Roosevelt Consensus" model of growth and development.

Article

Give Climate and Trade Negotiators a New Joint Mission: Low-Carbon Trade Agreements

VoxEU

Article in leading European economic research outlet proposing a new type of plurilateral trade agreement or green trade alliance among a core group of major economies interested in aligning relevant enabling economic policies and standards for the purpose of accelerating adoption of low-carbon products and services across the world economy.

Book

The Law and Economics of a Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement

Cambridge University Press

Co-edited volume presenting the case for a Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement (SETA), a green trade alliance among countries willing to align certain policies in order to accelerate the uptake of clean energy systems and shift away from fossil fuels within a large and growing share of the world economy.

Report

Strengthening the Global Trade and Investment System in the 21st Century

ICTSD, WEF

The failure of the Doha round of trade negotiations demonstrates that a new common agenda is needed to address concerns that are top of mind in Cabinets, boardrooms and households. A synthesis of the conclusions of 15 working groups of over 300 experts from around the world.