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Trade policy animated videos
Our animated videos help to explain the effects of trade policy. This video explains direct and indirect ways of trading services internationally, and looks at the implications for trade policy, particularly trade agreements.
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Briefing Paper 76 – OPEN STRATEGIC AUTONOMY AS EU TRADE POLICY
In this Briefing Paper, Erika Szyszczak, UKTPO Fellow and Professor Emerita of Law at the University of Sussex, offers an in-depth analysis of the Open Strategic Autonomy (OSA) policy. The EU continues to argue for multilateralism and a rules-based international order yet the effect of many of these measures could infringe international law and weaken the already perilous international legal order Read Briefing Paper 76: OPEN STRATEGIC AUTONOMY AS EU TRADE POLICY.
Briefing Paper 77 – TRADE AND GROWTH
In this Briefing Paper, Nicolò Tamberi analyses literature on international trade and economic growth and provides a quick guide for policymakers on trade and growth. Trade policy is not the only tool, or the main one, to address economic growth. However, it clearly has a role to play both directly and indirectly, because inappropriate trade policy can render other growth-focused policies less effective. Read Briefing Paper 77: TRADE AND GROWTH.
Briefing Paper 78 – REFLECTIONS ON MC13: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE WTO
In this Briefing Paper, Ana Peres analyses the latest WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13) outcomes and discusses why the WTO may need to rethink its identity. Read Briefing Paper 78: REFLECTIONS ON MC13: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE WTO.
