This White Paper was the first elaboration by the global technology giant of its position on the emerging set of international trade rules to govern the digital economy in fora such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the WTO e-commerce negotiations

This paper examines recent technological developments and how they could impact efforts by policymakers and political leaders in developing countries to harness trade and investment liberalization to achieve economic development outcomes.It begins by discussing some of the proven elements to...

This paper explores the kinds of demands governments in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) could and should be formulating and submitting in the context of the e-commerce negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as well as any current or proposed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) they are...

The global health crisis that came to be known as the COVID-19 pandemic and started to sweep across the world in early 2020 revealed many vulnerabilities in the economic, social, and political fabric underpinning what much of the world had come to accept as normal. In ways that we are still...

World Trade Organization (WTO) accession is a challenging process typically commanding a heavy price in terms of resources and time expended while also calling for the expense of non-trivial political capital by an acceding country's policymakers. Nevertheless, gaining membership of the world...

In a number of different fora (particularly the OECD and the ITU) governments have adopted a set of principles which are intended to guide the roll-out of national broadband networks. These principles include, but are not limited to, effective competition, technological neutrality, and the...

This policy brief is a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth Inquiry into whether there is a need for Australia to diversify its trade markets and foreign investment profile. The views, ideas, and recommendations presented in this report represent those of the...

This parliamentary submission outlines a number of strategic recommendations in the area of supply chain resilience, labour-market adjustment and environmental policy for teh Australian Government as it prepares for recovery from the economic downturn inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic and...

Aid for Trade (AfT), first launched in 2005, has come a long way over the last fifteen years and has undeniably made an important contribution to overcoming the many constraints holding developing countries back from greater participation in international trade, and thus from reaping many of its...