IISD Trade and Sustainability Review, Volume 1, Issue 4, November 2021
This fourth edition of the IISD Trade and Sustainability Review covers a range of timely policy issues related to trade and sustainable development in the lead-up to the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference.
Foreword
- Reflections on the Postponement of the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Conference
Sofia Baliño
Articles
- How Close Are WTO Members (Really) to a Deal on Fisheries Subsidies?
Alice Tipping and Tristan Irschlinger - Delivering for the Environment at MC12: Prospects to enhance trade cooperation on environmental challenges and the Sustainable Development Goals
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck - MC12: An Opportunity to Find an Enduring Solution on Public Stockholding
Tanvi Sinha and Joe Glauber - Principles and Best Practice in Border Carbon Adjustment: A modest proposal
Aaron Cosbey - Toward a Low-Carbon Circular Economy: The emerging role of trade
Kevin Moss, Mari Pantsar, and Scott Vaughan - What to Expect at MC12 From the Negotiations on Agriculture?
Facundo Calvo
News Briefs
- Chinese Investment in Africa Rises as Project Values and Bilateral Trade Decline
- EU Court Annuls EU Fisheries Deal With Morocco, Backing Polisario
- France Delays Sanctions Against Britain Amid “Constructive” Talks Over Fishing Rights
- Global Chemicals Lobby Proposes WTO Reforms to Tackle Trade Barriers
- Increased Trade Cooperation Would Build Economic Resilience, WTO Says
- RCEP Ratification Will See World’s Biggest Trade Deal Become Reality in January
- WTO Lifts Trade Growth Forecasts, Says Poorer Nations Need Vaccines to Keep Up
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