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Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General

edited by Richard Baldwin Simon Evenett

11 Oct 2020

In the midst of profound contemporary shifts and shocks facing humankind, a quarter of a century after its creation the WTO is evidently not where pressing trade problems are being solved. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a lens, this eBook offers insights into the underlying choices faced by WTO members and offers pragmatic suggestions for a WTO work programme over the next three years.

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Revitalising multilateral trade cooperation: Why? Why Now? And How?

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Baldwin, R and S Evenett (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/revitalising-multilateral-trade-cooperation-why-why-now-and-how

Against the clock: Eight steps to improve WTO crisis management

Alejandro Jara

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Jara, A (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/against-clock-eight-steps-improve-wto-crisis-management

COVID-19 trade policy measures, G20 declarations and WTO reform

Bernard Hoekman

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Hoekman, B (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/covid-19-trade-policy-measures-g20-declarations-and-wto-reform

How the WTO kept talking: Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis

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Low, P and R Wolfe (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/how-wto-kept-talking-lessons-covid-19-crisis

Role of trade ministers at the WTO during crises: Activating global cooperation to overcome COVID-19

Anabel González

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González, A (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/role-trade-ministers-wto-during-crises-activating-global-cooperation-overcome-covid-19

COVID-19 and beyond: What the WTO can do

Ujal Singh Bhatia

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Bhatia, U (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/covid-19-and-beyond-what-wto-can-do

A crisis-era moratorium on tariff increases

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Nicita, A and M Olarreaga (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/crisis-era-moratorium-tariff-increases

Cumulative COVID-19 restrictions and the global maritime network

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Heiland, I and K Ulltveit-Moe (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/cumulative-covid-19-restrictions-and-global-maritime-network

Reviving air transportation and global commerce

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Bosanquet, C and K Button (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/reviving-air-transportation-and-global-commerce

Lessons from the pandemic for trade facilitation and the WTO

Yann Duval

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Duval, Y (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/lessons-pandemic-trade-facilitation-and-wto

Lessons from the pandemic for trade cooperation on cross-border supply chains

Sébastien Miroudot

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Miroudot, S (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/lessons-pandemic-trade-cooperation-cross-border-supply-chains

Three steps to facilitate global distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine

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Freund, C and C McDaniel (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/three-steps-facilitate-global-distribution-covid-19-vaccine

Lessons from the pandemic for FDI screening practices

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Li, S and X Tu (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/lessons-pandemic-fdi-screening-practices

Feminising WTO 2.0

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Mikic, M and V Sharma (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/feminising-wto-20

A pandemic trade deal: Trade and policy cooperation on medical goods

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Espitia, A, N Rocha and M Ruta (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/pandemic-trade-deal-trade-and-policy-cooperation-medical-goods

Lessons from the pandemic for future WTO subsidy rules

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Ambaw, D, P Draper and H Gao (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/lessons-pandemic-future-wto-subsidy-rules

State ownership stakes before and during the COVID-19 corporate support measures: Implications for future international cooperat

Przemyslaw Kowalski

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Kowalski, P (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/state-ownership-stakes-and-during-covid-19-corporate-support-measures-implications-future

COVID-19 as a catalyst for another bout of export mercantilism

Simon Evenett

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Evenett, S (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/covid-19-catalyst-another-bout-export-mercantilism

Lessons from the pandemic for trade cooperation in digital services

Erik van der Marel

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van der Marel, E (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/lessons-pandemic-trade-cooperation-digital-services