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
E-commerce initiative is the latest WTO rule-making effort to be blocked
Peter Ungphakorn published blog on 19 Feb 2025 as former senior information officer at the WTO Secretariat. Full text of this blog can be viewed via: https://tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/e-commerce-initiative-latest-blocked/
WTO members call for restraint as Trump threatens tariffs and more
Peter Ungphakorn published blog on 19 Feb 2025 as former senior information officer at the WTO Secretariat. Full text of this blog can be viewed via: https://tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/wto-members-call-for-restraint-as-trump-threatens-tariffs-and-more/
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
Canada and Mexico have retaliation options that shrink American take-home pay
Simon Evenett, FMG member and Founder of the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade, St. Gallen co-authored this paper with Marc-Andreas Muendler, Professor at the University of California–San Diego and published it on 3 March 2025. Full text of this...
Executing Trump’s campaign pledges on tariffs won’t restore manufacturing in the Rust Belt—or elsewhere for that matter
Simon Evenett, FMG member and Founder of the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade, St. Gallen co-authored this paper with Marc-Andreas Muendler, Professor at the University of California–San Diego and published it on 20 January 2025. Full text of this...