Trade

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Beyond Brexit: How the UK Can Lead the World in Trade for Development
Michael Anderson et al.
January 12, 2017
POLICY PAPERS
Beyond Brexit: Four Steps to Make Britain a Global Leader on Trade for Development
Lee Crawfurd et al.
January 12, 2017
This paper looks at how the UK can, after Brexit, develop a world-leading trade for development policy. It uses a systematic assessment of how rich country trade policies affect developing countries to identify the leading approaches used elsewhere. It then identifies and describes four key steps: i...
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Gaps in Trade Data ≠ Criminal Money Laundering
Maya Forstater
January 06, 2017
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Beyond Brexit: When are the Least Developed Countries Not the Least Developed?
Lee Crawfurd
December 16, 2016
The possibility of leaving the EU means that the UK now needs to revisit the questions of whether and for which countries to offer trade preferences, particularly since the key ‘enabling clause’ underpinning trade preferences does not confine preferences to least developed coun...
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Trump's Trade Policies Pose Risks to Developing Countries
Kimberly Ann Elliott
December 09, 2016
Uncertainties abound for the United States’ developing country trade partners in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as president. As I chronicled previously, the US presidential campaign featured plenty of tough rhetoric on trade. 
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The Global South Takes the Lead on “Gender Sensitive” Trade Policy
Kimberly Ann Elliott
November 16, 2016
Knowing in which sectors women-owned businesses cluster can help policymakers identify where their offensive and defensive interests lie so that trade negotiations do not disadvantage women. It would also help in designing capacity-building and other programs to ensure that female-owned businesses c...
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How President Trump Can Make Trade Policy More Inclusive, and More Fair
Kimberly Ann Elliott
November 14, 2016
President-elect Trump has a unique opportunity to, finally, make US trade policy more inclusive and fair, and he could start by getting our own house in order. From a domestic standpoint, it is not enough that trade agreements' net benefits are positive.