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Where We Are: 10 Years after China's Accession
After 15 years of hard bargaining, China's formal accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 meant that one of the world's great economic and trading entities — now the world's number two exporter — became subject to mutually agreed international rules, regulations and practices. The tenth anniversary of China's accession to the WTO provides an auspicious occasion to reflect on the current state of the global trading regime, and on China's significance in the system.
The G20 Agenda and Process: Analysis and Insight by CIGI Experts
These 21 CIGI commentaries analyze the policy issues and debates under discussion in 2010 that are still relevant to the ongoing G20 agenda under the French presidency and the G20’s aspirations for the future.
International Trade: The Forgotten Agenda Item -- Do No Harm!
International trade is, in effect, the circulatory system of the contemporary world economy. Leaders at the upcoming G20 summits, in Toronto this month and in Seoul in November, will want to spend some of their time discussing international trade, both what they should do and should not do about it, individually and collectively, as they attempt to provide leadership and improve prospects for the betterment of the world economy.
Down and Almost Out: A Time for Reflection on the Future of the Multilateral Trading System
The third major collapse of talks in the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations on July 28, 2008, in Geneva prompted more than one participant at an international roundtable of trade experts sponsored by CIGI to suggest that it was time for reflection — on the Round, on other mechanisms to manage trade negotiations, on the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO) itself, and more generally on the institutional requirements of the emerging multipolar global economy. The participants at CIGI’s annual meeting of trade experts on September 11-12, 2008, were challenged with recommending how the international institutional framework might be reshaped to meet the needs of today’s more highly integrated globalized world economy.
3rd Annual Canada-China Energy Conference
CIGI Distinguished Fellow and EDGE Research Theme Leader on International Trade and Investment John M. Curtis, Edmonton
North American Policy Forum
CIGI Distinguished Fellow John M. Curtis at the North American Policy Forum.