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Making the Multilateral Trading System Fit for the 21st Century and How the G7 Can Help
Making the Multilateral Trading System Fit for the 21st Century and How the G7 Can Help
The World Trade Organization is in its deepest crisis since its creation. This requires multilateral collaboration and innovative and interdisciplinary solutions. The goal should not be to try to re-establish the status quo but rather to adapt the world trading systems to the realities and necessities of the 21st century and the new geopolitical context. What is needed is a WTO 2.0 that responds to the world’s peace, health and environmental challenges and proactively contributes to solving them.
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US spotlight: The year in review and looking ahead
US spotlight: The year in review and looking ahead
Chatham House and foreign policy experts review the first year of the Joe Biden presidency and examine America’s future place in the world.
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Re-imagining trade for domestic and foreign policy
Re-imagining trade for domestic and foreign policy
Exploring future trade policy through issues such as the green transition, labour standards, human rights, the role of the WTO, and non-trade policy objectives.
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US and European strategies for resilient supply chains
US and European strategies for resilient supply chains
Balancing globalization and sovereignty
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To build back better, the US must reach out across the Atlantic
To build back better, the US must reach out across the Atlantic
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Why the G7 trade track must last beyond UK presidency
Why the G7 trade track must last beyond UK presidency
With Germany and Japan next in line for leading the G7, these two champions of global trade should continue to carry the baton of a separate trade track.
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Three Pillars for a US Trade Strategy in Asia-Pacific
Three Pillars for a US Trade Strategy in Asia-Pacific
A new approach for the US to strengthen economic and strategic ties in the region, advance strong rules for new trade issues, and tackle China’s trade policies.
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Foreign Policy Priorities for the Biden Administration
Foreign Policy Priorities for the Biden Administration
Examining key US foreign policy plans for climate, trade, security, and the Middle East, and the importance of strengthening global relationships and democracy.
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Five Key Learnings for the Biden Administration
Five Key Learnings for the Biden Administration
Examining the post-election landscape of the US and analysing how the president-elect should tackle major policy on immigration, trade, and the Middle East.
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US-EU-UK Trade: Balancing the Three-Legged Stool
US-EU-UK Trade: Balancing the Three-Legged Stool
The US, EU, and UK should focus on their set of bilateral trade negotiations, address shared concerns regarding the global trade system, and remove underlying trade tensions among themselves.
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Reforming the World Trade Organization: Prospects for Transatlantic Cooperation and the Global Trade System
Reforming the World Trade Organization: Prospects for Transatlantic Cooperation and the Global Trade System
With trade tensions increasingly politicized, a key appeals process suspended and COVID-19 creating huge economic challenges, a modernized and fully functioning WTO is more essential than ever. This paper makes the case for transatlantic cooperation as a necessary, though insufficient alone, condition for WTO reform.
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National Self-Sufficiency or Globalization is Not a Binary Choice
National Self-Sufficiency or Globalization is Not a Binary Choice
COVID-19 exposes the fragility of global supply chains, leaving companies and policymakers to reconsider a decades-long focus on efficiency and reducing costs by operating on a ‘just in time’ basis.
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US 2020 Visionary Survey
US 2020 Visionary Survey
The US and Americas Programme at Chatham House and foreign policy experts from across the United States and Europe share their views on United States foreign policy in 2020: As we look ahead to the next decade, what is a pivotal US foreign policy issue you will be watching? How do you imagine this issue could be addressed?
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US–China Strategic Competition
US–China Strategic Competition
The current dispute between the US and China goes far beyond trade tariffs and tit-for-tat reprisals: the underlying driver is a race for global technological supremacy. This paper examines the risks of greater strategic competition as well as potential solutions for mitigating the impacts of the US–China economic confrontation.
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Stretching the rules will not save global trade
Stretching the rules will not save global trade
The champions of global trade are inadvertently taking steps that undermine the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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The Path Forward on WTO Reform
The Path Forward on WTO Reform
Though it is under political pressure, there are reasons to be hopeful about the World Trade Organization’s future.
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How to make US-EU trade talks a success: Think small and cover China
How to make US-EU trade talks a success: Think small and cover China
This piece recommends a framework for strengthening US-EU trade relations and achieving successful trade talks in the current era of protectionism.
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EU-US Trade Relations: The Way Forward
EU-US Trade Relations: The Way Forward
Although they haven’t even started yet, United States-European Union trade talks already face major obstacles. Moving forward is critical to end the ‘tug of war’ between the US and EU. The best way to get there is to take a multifaceted approach aimed at both the transatlantic market and the global trading system.
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US–EU Trade Relations in the Trump Era: Which Way Forward?
US–EU Trade Relations in the Trump Era: Which Way Forward?
This paper recommends a framework for strengthening US–EU trade relations and achieving successful trade talks in the current era of protectionism.