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The Friends of Multilateralism Group
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WTO Reform
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...
The WTO doesn’t need reforming – but its members do
John Clarke published this article on 26 March 2026 as FMG members, former EU trade negotiator and Head of the EU Delegation to the WTO and EU. Full text of this article can be viewed...
FMG One-Pagers
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Covid-19 and Trade
Global trade cooperation after COVID-19: Can the G20 contain disintegration?
Peter Draper published this article on 21st April for the Institute for International Trade of the University of Adelaide. Full text of this article can be downloaded via:...
Export restrictions : a negative-sum policy response to the COVID-19 crisis
Bernard M. Hoekman co-authored this paper with Matteo Fiorini and Aydin Yildirim in April 2020 for European University Institute (EUI) and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS). Full text of this article can be downloaded via:...
Others
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
Old Wine in New Bottles: What the 1980s Record on Managed Trade Means for the Proposed US-China Board of Trade
Simon Evenett published this report on 14th May 2026 as FMG member and Founder of the Global Trade Alert. Full text of this paper can be viewed via:https://globaltradealert.org/reports/old_wine_in_new_bottles