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The Friends of Multilateralism Group
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WTO Reform
Think About the Unthinkable: A Few Thoughts at 30th Anniversary of the WTO
On November 8th, Professor Lu Xiankun, CEO of FMG was invited to participate in the first "International Organizations and Global Governance" forum hosted by Shanghai University of International Business and Economics and delivered a speech on the development of the...
The National Security Exception at the WTO: Should It Just Be a Matter of When Members Can Avail of It? What About How?
Petros C. Mavroidis co-authored this article in September 2024 as FMG member and Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, NYC. Full text of this article can be viewed as:...
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
Good regulatory practice for services in the digital era: challenges for APEC
Mia Mikic, Chair of FMG Board and former Director of Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of the United Nations ESCAP; and Sherry Stephenson, FMG Board member and the Services Convenor for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) co-authored this policy...
A strategic framework for good regulatory practice in services trade
Sherry Stephenson co-authored this policy brief as FMG member and the Services Convenor for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) in October 2024. Full text of this policy brief can be viewed via:...