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Trade is an important driver of economic growth around the world. CGD’s research focuses on how trade policies can support poverty reduction and economic growth in developing economies by promoting market access that opens the door to foreign investment and job creation.

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September 29, 2006
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Stiglitz Urges Tariffs on U.S. Exports to Cut Global Warming
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Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz urged at a CGD event that U.S.

September 25, 2006
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Poverty is so Hot for Fall (and Why That's a Good Thing)
Lindsay Morgan and Todd Moss

When I told my co-workers I was going to an event called "Fashion Fight

September 27, 2006
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Making Globalization Work
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September 1, 2006
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Preferential Trade Agreements: Liberalizing Heroes or...
Nancy Birdsall

After the breakdown of WTO Doha Round negotiations t

August 17, 2006
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Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific Region?
Nancy Birdsall

Fred Bergsten of

August 14, 2006
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2006 Commitment to Development Index Launches
David Roodman

I am pleased to announce the release of the 2006 edition of the

August 11, 2006
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Evidence of a Lengthy Suspension in the Doha Trade Talks?
Kimberly Ann Elliott

From yesterday's Washington Post column,

August 8, 2006
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Congressman Jim Kolbe and the Collapse of the Doha Trade...
Kimberly Ann Elliott

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February 10, 2009
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On the Waterfront: An Empirical Study of Corruption in Ports
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September 17, 2008
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Comments on Trade Saves the Day, Fred Bergsten's...
Randall Soderquist

In an

December 16, 2009
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Views from Tunis: The African Development Bank's New Blog
Todd Moss

Kudos to our friends at the African Development Bank for their recent launching of a new blog,

April 2, 2009
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Will G-20 Back Anti-Protectionist Pledges with Action...
Nancy Birdsall and Arvind Subramanian

The outcome of today’s G20 summit has become even more critical for developing countries as the

November 5, 2010
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Trade at the Seoul Summit: Will the G-20 Finally Move...
Kimberly Ann Elliott

There actually seems to be hope that next week’s G20 summit will move beyond the tired mantra to finish the Doha Roun

November 21, 2012
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When Trade Negotiations Block Good Policy: What Is the US...
Kimberly Ann Elliott

Virtually all the footwear that Americans buy is imported, and those shoes are taxed at an average rate of 10 percent

December 6, 2007
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Hillary Clinton Releases Her Global Development Agenda
Sarah Jane Staats

Late last week, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her

December 3, 2009
Blog Post
To Blog or Not to Blog about the WTO Ministerial?
Kimberly Ann Elliott

This post also appeared on the Huffington Post.

I write about trade so I feel that I should say something about the trade ministers’ meeting that concluded yesterday in Geneva. But what is there to say, especially if I want to follow my mother’s advice about not saying anything if I can’t say something nice? There have been almost too many to count of failed meetings trying to bring the ill-fated Doha Round of trade negotiations to a close. This one was supposed to be about institutional issues and how to strengthen the WTO for the future; Doha dominated anyway.

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