Dealing constructively with subsidies in global commerce is central to G20 leaders’ goal of reforming and strengthening the multilateral trading system. The growing use of distortive subsidies alters trade and investment flows, detracts from the value of tariff bindings and other market access...

Cover -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Global Outlook: Disappointments, Risks, and Spillovers -- Summary and key messages -- Major economies -- Global trends and spillovers -- Developing countries -- Risks to the outlook --...