December 6, 2010
Will the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Open the Door for U.S. Trade Policy?
“This agreement is an important step toward a global rule-based trade system…”
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November 5, 2010
Trade at the Seoul Summit: Will the G-20 Finally Move Forward on Improving Access for Poor Countries?
There actually seems to be hope that next week’s G20 summit will move beyond the tired mantra to finish the Doha Round and give a push to the Millennium Declaration commitment to provide duty-free, quota-free market access for the world’s poorest countries. This is an opportunity to contribute to job creation and growth when the global economy is still fragile. Furthermore, it would have minimal impact on importing countries since the least-developed countries account for around 1 percent of global trade.
June 23, 2010
In Europe, Eyes on Washington to Lead on Trade and Development (Reflections from Geneva, Brussels and London)
Earlier this month, senior fellow Kim Elliott and I discussed ways to improve trade preference programs for the least developed countries (LDCs) with colleagues at the World Trade Organization, the
June 10, 2010
WTO Least Developed Country Group Working on Flexible Rules of Origin (Postcard from Geneva)
On Monday, CGD senior fellow Kim Elliott and I met in Geneva with World Trade Organization (WTO) staff and members of the subcommittee on the least developed countries (known as the LDC group) who are preparing for the once-a-decade United Nations conference focused on least developed countries.
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