English Abstract: This brief blog (and letter to the editor) calls on the G20 to undertake key reforms regarding trade, strengthen cooperation in tax matters and support investment policy reforms.Spanish Abstract: Este breve blog (y carta al director) pide al G20 que se comprometa a emprender...

A collection of working papers for an ICTSD dialogue in Geneva in June 2011, that gave top experts' views about China's participation in the WTO and its impacts on its trading partners and global trade governance

This Policy Brief argues that investment policies should be a core item on the agenda of the G20 and its Trade and Investment Working Group in particular. Specifically: The G20 should continue its important work on international investment policy reform and initiate steps to operationalize the...

The authors give an in-depth analysis of the trends and challenges of social responsibility of Chinese investors in Africa, and provide some thought-provoking suggestions for possible triangular cooperation among China, Europe and Africa in promoting more responsible investment in Africa

A short article that reviewed and analysed the domestic debates about what will be the priorities for China's transformation to a more sustainable economy and a more civilized society. It was prepared for ICTSD Bridges China Dialogue in Geneva and was also published at Hong Kong based South...

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the policies of China in the fields of development aid and their implications for global governance. The paper takes a comprehensive perspective on the various facets of such policies from the institutional arrangement, to key features of...

There are symptoms that the United States is likely to abandon its responsibility as an empire, i.e., as a leading guardian of the international trade order. It may be that a vacuum is about to come into being. The appearance of a new “authority” to fill in the “vacuum” is being awaited....

Overview / Christophe Bellmann and Jonathan Hepburn -- The historical context of the green box / Néstor Stancanelli -- Doha Round negotiations on the green box and beyond / Jonathan Hepburn and Christophe Bellmann -- The reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy / Alan Swinbank -- Farm...