Trade

More from the Series

Blog Post
CDI 2018 and Trade: Advanced Economies and Poverty-Weighted Trade Tariffs
Ian Mitchell et al.
September 17, 2018
As the global trade powerhouses lurch towards protectionism, CGD’s Commitment to Development Index, released today, reveals which advanced economies have trade policies that support—or fail to support—lower-income countries.  
Blog Post
Commitment to Development Index 2018: Europe Leads the Way
Anita Käppeli
and
Lee Robinson
September 17, 2018
Today, we published the Commitment to Development Index (CDI) 2018, which ranks 27 of the world’s richest countries on how well their policies help the more than five billion people living in poorer countries. European countries dominate this year’s CDI, occupying the top 12 positions in...
Blog Post
The New UK Partnership with Africa: From Rhetoric to Reality
Ian Mitchell
and
Hannah Timmis
August 31, 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May's recent speech in Cape Town may herald an inspiring new Africa-UK development partnership—but only if she can put that vision into action. Ian Mitchell and Hannah Timmis offer lessons from China, France, and the EU.
Blog Post
Europe and Developing Countries: Time for a New “New Trade Relationship”
Hannah Timmis
and
Owen Barder
August 10, 2018
Europe’s trade relationships with the developing world are up for review, but policymakers are failing to seize the opportunity. 
POLICY PAPERS
What Are We Getting from Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Coffee?
Kimberly Ann Elliott
August 07, 2018
Demand for and supply of “sustainable” coffee (and other commodities) have grown markedly for two decades, as has the literature analyzing the effects of voluntary sustainability standards for coffee. The evidence for assessing the impacts for smallholder producers and the environment re...
CGD NOTES
Trump’s Protectionist Threat to Latin America
Laura Alfaro et al.
July 10, 2018
The economic impacts of Donald Trump’s trade dispute with China have so far been limited, but the countries of Latin America are nonetheless paying an early price. For a region where many economies are already constrained by weakened fiscal positions, the additional uncertainty caused by risin...
Blog Post
Engaging Young Africans on Four Immediate Challenges on the Road to Sub-Saharan Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area and “Agenda 2063”
Antoinette Monsio Sayeh
April 02, 2018
As at countless events on sub-Saharan Africa’s economy over the past two weeks, discussions at Harvard University’s “Africa Development Conference”—where I delivered a keynote address—were animated by the signing of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) agre...