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
What is America’s problem with the WTO?
Maria Pagan published this article in PIIE with Chad P. Bown as FMG member and former US ambassador to the WTO on 9 April, 2026 Full text of this article can be viewed via:https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/210-what-is-americas-problem-with-the-wto/
The WTO conference was worse than we expected, so why all the smiles?
Peter Ungphakorn co-authored this article with Robert Wolfe as FMG member and former senior information officer, WTO Secretariat on 7 April, 2026. Full text of this article can be viewed...
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
Using trade to undergird peace
Alan Wolff published this article on the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) on 20th May 2026 as former Deputy Director-General of the WTO and senior fellow at the PIIE. Full text of this article can be viewed...
A Multilateral Trading System in the Wake of US Reciprocal Tariffs: The Multilateralisation Dilemma of Bilateral Preferential Treatment and Policy Responses
Wenhua Ji published this article in May with Aijie Wu as FMG member and professor, University of International Business and Economics. Full text of this article can be viewed via:https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/AB-vjeSNvQkdjNKuo-lWXA