This note discusses capital controls using insights from the trade policy literature. It highlights some key issues that have been neglected in the current international debate on capital controls. Capital is tradable in the same way as many goods and services are. As a result, much of the...

The WTO Public Forum is an annual event that provides non-governmental organizations, academics, businesses, students and others with the opportunity to discuss the latest issues regarding the multilateral trading system. Around 1,400 people registered for the 2012 Forum, whose theme was “Is...