Trade Winds

Trade Winds is a biweekly virtual discussion series hosted by Anabel González that explores the future of global commerce in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, including ways that international cooperation on trade can accelerate the recovery.

Recent Content

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How to make progress on digital trade negotiations?

Anabel González (PIIE), Simon Evenett (University of St. Gallen; Global Trade Alert), John Denton (International Chamber of Commerce), Deborah Elms (Asian Trade Centre, Singapore) and Daniel M. Price (Rock Creek Global Advisors)

May 5, 2021
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Can global trade cooperation be revived in 2021?

Anabel González (PIIE), Cecilia Malmstrom (University of Gothenburg School of Economics; Former European Commissioner for Trade) and Adam S. Posen (PIIE)

April 21, 2021
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A trade and environment negotiations agenda in the WTO: Part 2

Anabel González (PIIE), James Bacchus (Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity, University of Central Florida) and Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

April 7, 2021
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What trade and environment negotiations agenda for the WTO?

Anabel González (PIIE), James Bacchus (Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity, University of Central Florida) and Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

March 17, 2021
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How can increased openness to trade in services support a strong economic recovery?

Anabel González (PIIE), Marion Jansen (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and Aaditya Mattoo (World Bank)

March 3, 2021
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Can the G20 reset global trade and investment cooperation? What’s the plan?

Anabel González (PIIE), Pier Carlo Padoan (Minister of Economy and Finance of Italy) and Jonathan Fried (Albright Stonebridge Group)

February 17, 2021
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The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: Will it be a game changer?

Anabel González (PIIE), Sabine Weyand (European Commission) and Wendy Cutler (Asia Society Policy Institute)

February 3, 2021
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Getting America back in the game: A multilateral perspective

Anabel González (PIIE), Richard Baldwin (Graduate Institute, Geneva) and Chad P. Bown (PIIE)

January 19, 2021
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Revitalizing multilateral trade cooperation: Why? Why now? And how?

Anabel González (PIIE), Richard Baldwin (Graduate Institute, Geneva) and Patrick Low (Asia Global Institute)

December 16, 2020
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What trade policy strategy for India?

Anabel González (PIIE), Arvind Subramanian (Ashoka Center for Economic Policy; PIIE; Former Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India) and Harsha V. Singh (IKDHVAJ Advisers; Former WTO Deputy Director-General)

December 2, 2020