Not all about the WTO
Years ago, in the early 2000’s, the WTO hired me to write several books about the Organisation and the treaties. I still sometimes get a request, althoug...
Category: Trade
“Two Terrible Decades” — from A Century of Commerce
Please download a copy of the PDF file (1.8 MB). I look forward to your comments, corrections and suggestions here in the comments on my website, or by...
The ICC’s Century
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has been the most prominent voice of international business for just over a century. This year is the&nb...
The Opium Trade & The “Jacksonian” Depression of the 1830s
Here’s an exotic tale of trade, money supply and financial recession from the days when silver, not gold, was the numéraire and global trade-finance mar...
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. ...
Free trade (not agreements) will make Britain great
To judge from most of the “progressive” press and my Twitter feed, there is a great deal of ruin in Brexit. I hear that Britain is so integrated into the E...
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...