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 at the Age of 30: Challenges of WTO Reform and the Role of China
On June 8th 2024, Prof. Xiankun Lu, CEO of Friends of Multilateralism Group, former Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of China to the WTO made this speech at the Seminar on “Reform of the multilateral trading system and global trade governance” and the 30th...
WTO still going. But recharging needed.
Anabel González wrote this article in March 2024 as Friends of FMG and Vice President of Inter-American Development Bank. Full text of this paper can be viewed via:...
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
Strategies and Countermeasures for Coordinating High-standard Opening-up, High-quality Development, and High-level Security
On April 2024, Jianzhong Hung co-authored this paper as FMG member and Professor of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics. Full text of this paper can be viewed via:...
China Shock 2.0: What the West should and should not worry about
John Clarke published this paper in April 2024 as FMG member and Director for international affairs in the European Commission’s DG Agriculture. Full text of this paper can be viewed via:...