The ‘next trading system’
A series of tweets prompted by the empty argument and specious results of the December, 2017, WTO Ministerial meeting. Eventually, this must end. ...
Category: Governance
Trade blocs world
We will soon see the creation of the first global-scale trade-blocs: exclusive international trade zones. What will it be like? The short answer (if you w...
Draft history of ICC: final chapters
Last year, I completed the manuscript of a centennial history of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). It’s a long work: 400 pages, more or...
The Wallenbergs at the ICC
Peter Wallenberg, the scion of the great Swedish family of bankers and industrialists, died on 19 January aged 88. Among his many achievements wa...
Is a plurilateral the ‘way out’ for WTO on agriculture?
Q: under what circumstances would a critical-mass (CM) plurilateral agreement on agriculture be a way “out of the mess” in the WTO agriculture negot...