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The Friends of Multilateralism Group
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WTO Reform
Using AI to support the core functions of the WTO of the future
Alan Wolff published this article on the PIIE on 17 September 2025 as FMG member and former Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Full text of this article can be viewed via:...
Here’s a thought: the WTO doesn’t need reform, but it does need help
Peter Ungphakorn co-authored this paper with Robert Wolfe and published it on 11 July 2025. Full text of this article can be viewed via: https://tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/thought-wto-doesnt-need-reform/
FMG One-Pagers
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Covid-19 and Trade
21st Century Tracking of Pandemic-Era Trade Policies in Food and Medical Products
Simon Evenett, as Professor of St. Gallen University, published this paper on 2nd May 2020 with the Global Trade Alert Team. Full text of this article can be downloaded via: https://www.globaltradealert.org/reports/54
Price of Pandemic: Weakened Trade System Exposed
Evan Rogerson published this commentary on 4th May for the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Centre for Multilateralism Studies at the RSIS. Full text of this article can...
Others
WTO fisheries subsidies agreement — celebrate, yes, but get real too
Peter Ungphakorn published blog on 15 September 2025 as former senior information officer at the WTO Secretariat. Full text of this article can be viewed via: https://tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/wto-fish-celebrate-get-real/
As Trump abandons the rulebook on trade, does free trade have a future elsewhere?
Peter Draper, FMG member and Executive Director of the Institute for International Trade in the Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide published this article on 5th September 2025. Full text of this article can be viewed via:...