Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. As...

This short paper sets out proposals for adapting and strengthening the governance of the WTO to improve the fairness and sustainability of global trade. The paper appears in a new ebook, The Future and the WTO: Confronting the Challenges, published by the International Centre for Trade and...