Biden is back, America isn't
Carl Bildt | "The US president perpetuates a misguided trade policy towards China that leaves both the Americans and the Europeans out in the cold."
TRADE
New WTO chief, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, promises to shake up multilateral trade body to deliver results, but concedes it will not be an easy task
This is an onsite edited excerpt of the G|O Briefing newsletter
The scared and limping members of the fractured and demoralized World Trade Organization—derailed by years of bitter trade tensions, crippling trade wars, a widening North-South divide, mistrust, and institutional paralysis—have decided to collectively place their hopes
An EU-China deal for a bygone era
Wendy Cutler | After four years of Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda, the European Union could be forgiven for attempting to go it alone. But, if history is any guide, no single economy can compel China to change its most problematic behaviors.
Concerns the COVID-19 economic shock could trigger a crisis in the global financial system
This is an onsite edited excerpt of the G|O Briefing newsletter
“A financial crisis is a bank run writ large, a run on the entire financial system. People lose confidence that their money is safe—whether they’re stockholders or bondholders, institutional investors, or elderly widows—so they pull
The Geneva Trade Platform: Broadening and Diversifying the Conversation about Trade
The soon-to-be-launched Geneva Trade Platform (GTP), an initiative by the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Graduate Institute, wants to revitalize the global conversation around trade. The Geneva Trade Week (GTW), its first event, will be held between September 28 and October 2 and aims to fill the