Starting in the 1960s with the Kennedy Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), nontariff measures (NTMs) have been replacing tariffs continuously as the core element of trade negotiations. Today they take centre stage in all EU trade agreements with industrialised and...

USA-China trade wars : back to protectionism in world trade / Özlem Yilmaz, TC Istanbul Yeniyüzyil University, Turkey -- The efficiency of corporate tax incentives in developing countries based on foreign direct investments / Simla Güzel, Namik Kemal University, Turkey -- An analysis of risk...

The WTO provides extensive flexibility for members to engage with each other. Using this, WTO members should identify a road map for the future and a work programme to update and expand the rulebook to address trade-distorting nontariff policies that are not or only partially covered by current...