Trade

Why the European response to the IRA must be more Europe

The EU’s half-baked response to the US investment offensive is putting its competitiveness and our future prosperity at risk. Now is the time for deeper European integration and major adjustments to EU treaty law.

By Jan Philipp Albrecht

Tackling Climate Change and Propelling a Green Transition under the African Continental Free Trade Area

E-Paper

Exploring the opportunities and challenges of addressing climate change under the AfCFTA and providing recommendations for governments, stakeholders, and development partners

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How to Ensure that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Propels Africa’s Green Transition

Policy Brief

The opportunities and challenges of addressing climate change under the AfCFTA

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Shaping the future of multilateralism: An overview on inclusive pathways to a just and crisis-resilient global order

Summary paper

The 20 authors of the 15 papers in this series illuminate the depth of the problems in the three specific fields of international trade, digital governance, and climate finance, with special attention to human rights and gender equality. The researchers illustrate the profound failures of national governments and international mechanisms, and often reflect the frustrations of populations or countries that feel the rich and powerful are running roughshod over the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable for their own outsized benefit, and are doing so with impunity.

By Viola Gienger, Sabine Muscat, Liane Schalatek, Anna Schwarz and Lisa Tostado

South African flag on shipping containers

Could South Africa, spurred by Covid-19, drive more equitable global trade norms?

Study

Major multilateral institutions have long claimed that their market-oriented trade rules reduce poverty and advance development. Instead, they hold back the developing world from a more human-centric, social-justice approach that it needs to reach its potential. South Africa has the potential to set an example of how a global “middle power” can drive change. The Covid-19 pandemic has provided extra impetus – and a test.

By Arina Muresan and Sanusha Naidu

Shaping the Future of Multilateralism - Could South Africa, spurred by Covid-19, drive more equitable global trade norms?

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India as archetype: What emerging data powerhouses need for effective information sharing

Study

The need for cross-border data sharing throughout the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that the future of multilateral threat management will hinge on steady yet flexible open-data publishing norms and multilateral data-transfer agreements. In many ways, India typifies the perspectives and needs of emerging economies related to data sharing, data flows, and related commercial regulation.

By Kim Arora

Cover of "Persistent turbulence in Turkey and the EU calls for restored cooperation for a post-pandemic world"

Shaping the Future of Multilateralism - Persistent turbulence in Turkey and the EU calls for restored cooperation for a post-pandemic world

Turkey and multilateral institutions alike, including the European Union, were already struggling with political and economic crises in the years before the pandemic multiplied the sense of catastrophe. As they seek to pull themselves out of the depths of Covid-19, it is time to set aside the divisions that have long stalled progress for all of them, and seek recovery in cooperation and mutual benefit.

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