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 Stands at a “Whatever It Takes” Moment
Hector Torres published this article on 30 May as FMG member, senior fellow at CIGI and former executive director at the International Monetary Fund. Full text of this article can be viewed...
Plurilateral Agreements, Multilateralism and Economic Development
Bernard M. Hoekman and Petros C. Mavroidis co-create this paper and published it in April 2025. Full text of this article can be viewed via: https://cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/core/bitstreams/f83881e6-45fd-4055-ac2b-a64a843054a9/content
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
Mixed Messaging: How London and Washington, D.C. presented their recent trade tie-up
Simon Evenett, FMG member and Founder of the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade, St. Gallen published this article on 9 May 2025. Full text of this article can be viewed via:...
The Harmful Shift in Global Trade Relations and the Developing Asia-Pacific Countries
Advisors of ARTNET (including some FMG members) penned this commentary following 2 weeks of consultations on drafting. They published this article on the ESCAP on 28 May 2025. Full text of this article can be viewed via:...