What trade and environment negotiations agenda for the WTO?

As major economies move forward with ambitious plans to green their economies, the time is ripe to strengthen the nexus between trade, sustainable development, and the protection and preservation of the environment. Early progress could come through finalizing the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations to limit harmful fish subsidies and to liberalize trade in green goods. But more is needed. What could a WTO trade and environment negotiations agenda look like?

Joining this episode of Trade Winds were:

HOST

Anabel González
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

GUESTS

• James Bacchus, Director of the Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity, University of Central Florida; Former Member of the US House of Representatives
• Jeffrey J. Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

ABOUT THIS SERIES

Trade Winds is a biweekly virtual event 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.