December 16, 2013
Budget Deal Includes Sneak Attack on Food Aid for the World’s Poor
This is a joint post with Erin Collinson.
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December 9, 2013
Bali Deal “Saves” WTO, For Now
The Bali package included agreements to facilitate trade by modernizing customs procedures and to ensure that minimum access for agricultural imports subject to quotas is achieved in practice. On food security, there was, at the end, a resolution of the dispute over a “peace clause” that will allow India to shield its food stockholding program from trade challenges for at least four years.
November 15, 2013
FATAA and the Typhoon – Could the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act Help the US Help the Philippines Better?
Money is pouring into the Philippines in the wake of the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). But, to state the blatantly obvious, it’s not just the amount of assistance that matters, it’s how it’s spent. But here’s a question: will anyone actually be able to identify how that assistance is spent?
June 7, 2013
The Incredible Shrinking Hulks of Trade
A dispiriting exercise in blame-shifting took place in early June at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Trade negotiators have been trying for months to find a few items where they agree so they can declare the Bali ministerial meeting in December a success, and then bury the broader Doha Round.
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