Publications
The Friends of Multilateralism Group
The papers, and any opinions expressed therein, do not represent the views of the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG)
WTO Reform
The WTO doesn’t need reforming – but its members do
John Clarke published this article on 26 March 2026 as FMG members, former EU trade negotiator and Head of the EU Delegation to the WTO and EU. Full text of this article can be viewed...
Just A Flesh Wound
John Clarke published this article on 31st March 2026 as FMG members, former EU trade negotiator and Head of the EU Delegation to the WTO and EU. Full text of this article can be viewed via:https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/03/31/just-a-flesh-wound/
FMG One-Pagers
FMG Launches Its Second One-pager Input Paper: The Underestimated Costs of Protectionism
On 25th March 2024, FMG launches its second one-pager input paper "The Underestimated Costs of Protectionism", as a complement and follow-up to its first note launched during WTO Public Forum in 2023 (The first note can be view...
FMG Launches Its First One-pager Input Paper for the WTO Public Forum
Recently, Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) and its members following with worries about the trade policy trends around the world, from threats to launch "tariff wars", to waste tax payers money on distorting subsidies, to struggle with where to position private...
Covid-19 and Trade
Arriving at an equitable response to the pandemic
Pradeep S Mehta co-authored this article in December 2021 with Sneha Singh as founder Secretary General of the Jaipur-based Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International). Full text of this article can be viewed via: https://bit.ly/3lZKMvO
How Much Vaccine Will Be Produced This Year?
Simon Evenett published this article on May 20th as Professor of Economics at University of St. Gallen Switzerland, and Founder of St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade. Full text of this article can be downloaded via:...
Others
‘Broken’, ‘moribund’ — Journalists need a better thesaurus on the WTO
Peter Ungphakorn published this paper on 26 March 2026 as FMG member and Former senior information officer, WTO Secretariat. Full text of this article can be viewed...
China and international economic dispute settlement: disaggregating the state
Henry Gao published this article on the Oxford Academic with Gregory shaffer and Ji Li on 22 March 2026 as FMG member, Tenured law professor at Singapore Management University and Dongfang Scholar Chair Professor at Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade. Full text of...