Actions matter -trade can help us with the climate challenge Timely 日本経済新聞 電子版（日経電子版） article on #ACCTS by Wendy Cutler Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) & Jane Hooker. Here’s a trade agreement that explicitly responds to climate crisis asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/World-… IISD Ronald Steenblik 🐝 Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs Earth Negotiations Bulletin

Deeply saddened by this loss, I want to pay tribute to Frieder Roessler who was a titan of international trade law. Frieder was the second Director of the GATT Secretariat’s Legal Affairs Office/Division (1989-1995) and influenced strongly the jurisprudence of GATT panels until

Jes Salacuse was one of the giants and earliest scholars to develop the field of investment law, he was a kind man who gave students the opportunity to work for and with him, and to help them after graduation too. He will be greatly missed fletcher.tufts.edu/news-events/ne…

Fully agree with this take, which cites my Peterson Institute work with Mary Lovely 🇺🇦. Trump is serious about tariffs, and his tariff proposals are a very bad idea.

For anyone interested in the broader context of ‘security exceptions’ in Int trade law, see the new article in Foreign Affairs ‘How Everything Became National Security’, foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

"Trust is the oil that lubricates international relationships." The Fletcher School's Abiodun Williams shares some lessons from how UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan built a culture of trust and prevention at the United Nations during his tenure. carnegiecouncil.co/global-leaders…

Who would have guessed that farmers in the US could work out that crashing the world trade system by raising tariffs was a bad idea ? ft.pressreader.com/article/281569…

This x100 Douglas Irwin - The US became an industrial colossus for a variety of reasons in the 19th c. As you and others have established, it wasn't due to "aggressive protection" - it was in spite of that. Why do people listen to outright falsehoods? Thanks for telling the

Looking forward to engaging with colleagues and students in Bruges at College of Europe this Fall.

Harris adviser Brian Deese calls for Clean Energy Marshall Plan to help developing world transition, but economic nationalism aspects of his proposal are a problem. For this to work, US will have to accept that other countries can produce these goods too ielp.worldtradelaw.net/2024/08/us-lea…

We’re thrilled to welcome Kelly Sims Gallagher, F00, F03, as the new Dean of The Fletcher School! Learn more about her vision for Fletcher here: now.tufts.edu/2024/08/28/kel…

My Trade Secrets today. There's no general global food crisis. Output is up, prices are down. The Ukraine shock was a blip. Putin failed to weaponise famine. Why? Free trade is great. Global markets have cushioned shocks, not amplified them. For real. on.ft.com/473SwmE

Thanks to Geraldo Vidigal and Kathleen Claussen for organizing this wonderful project.

"The [McKinley] tariff was not well received by Americans who suffered a steep increase in prices. In the 1890 election, Republicans lost their majority in the House with the number of seats they won reduced by nearly half, from 171 to 88." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_…

Friendly reminder, not only would Trump’s tariffs be a huge tax on Americans when they buy things, nearly half of all goods imports are inputs into making other stuff. Economic nationalism is a bad deal for American workers, even in manufacturing. frbsf.org/research-and-i….

A must-read memorial to Frieder Roessler, by the great Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann.

Fantastic Session 1 #WTOPublicForum with Profes MC Cordonier Segger Marios Tokas R Meléndez-Ortiz Jan Yves Remy Bridging the Gap: Equitable, Transparent, and Sustainable Instruments and Innovative Policies to Maximise the Benefits of Global Trade DemEd Global CISDL Lucy Cavendish College

Curious about the future of 🇪🇺🇺🇸 relations? 📣Join the event by our Chair of Transatlantic Trade and Economy and Microsoft! 🗣️Hear from experts Dr Benedetta Berti, Dr. Ilke Toygür, Joel Trachtman and Ian Lesser! 🗓️17 Sept, 17:30 📍Bruges/Online – Register now! forms.office.com/pages/response…

"Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the findings countered 'the currently fashionable notion that trade, and institutions like the WTO, have not been good for poverty or for poor countries'" ft.com/content/2c33f9…

Excellent to be back to College of Europe after the summer break and start with a MATA The Fletcher School event with Joel Trachtman Ian Lesser Dr Benedetta Berti on ‘the transatlantic partnership in an election year’, with welcoming remarks by Federica Mogherini & Michele Chang!