The Future of the World Trading System

This work consists of a series of research and outreach efforts that examine the extent to which current and proposed trade and investment rules enhance the ability of developing country governments to deploy effective policies for longer-range development.  To date, this program has consisted of a Pardee Task Force on the Future of North American Trade and a series of publications aimed to help scholars and policy-makers take a longer-run view of the trading system through a development lens.

Publications

21st Century Trade Agreements: Implications for Long-Run Development Policy, Pardee Paper No. 2, By Rachel Thrasher and Kevin Gallagher

The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA, Pardee Task Force Report

The Future of the WTO, Issues in Brief No. 1, By Kevin Gallagher

Opinion articles/Media

Next W.T.O. Head Wants a New Look at Body’s Role, Kevin P. Gallagher quoted, New York Times, May 9, 2013.

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