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Will India and South Africa (and others) prevent future relevance of the WTO?

Terence P Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 02/22/2021

The WTO has struggled to remain relevant as global technology and trade issues evolve from where they were in the 1980s. Part of the challenge flows from the widely divergent…

Chinese Export Boom is Redrawing Global Economy

John W. Miller | Trade Data Monitor | 12/07/2020

Buoyed by a rebounding economy as the U.S. and Europe continue to...

Coronavirus
COVID-19
EU
Europe
Export
Globalization
IMF
Imports
India
International Trade
Medical Supplies
Shipping
United States

WTO Government Procurement — Proposed Action by the United States to Modify Obligations of the Central Government on Medicines and Medical Goods Contained in Annex 1

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 12/07/2020

Agreement on Government Procurement
Biden
China
Coronavirus
COVID-19
India
Medical Supplies
Supply Chains
Terry Stewart Thoughts on Trade
Trump
United States
USTR
World Trade Organization
WTO
WTO Members

Upcoming December 11th WTO Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Meeting — Reaction to Proposed Waiver from TRIPS Obligations to Address COVID-19

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 12/06/2020

Australia
Canada
Chile
Copyrights
Coronavirus
COVID-19
India
Intellectual Property Rights
Mexico
South Africa
Terry Stewart Thoughts on Trade
TRIPS
World Trade Organization
WTO
WTO Members

World COVID-19 Pandemic Peaks on November 26 and Starts to Slowly Recede

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 11/29/2020

The most recent surge in COVI...

Argentina
Asia
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Coronavirus
COVID-19
Europe
France
Germany
Globalization
India
Italy
Japan
Korea
Medical Supplies
Mexico
Russia
Switzerland
Terry Stewart Thoughts on Trade
United Kingdom
United States
World Health Organization
WTO

India Isn’t China. Copying Its Industrial, Trade Policy Could Invite Sanctions

SA Aiyar | The Times of India | 11/15/2020

The government has announced a produc...

China
India
Sanctions
Trade Policy

As November Approaches, Europe and the United States Facing Rapidly Growing New COVID-19 Cases

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 10/26/2020

The num...

Belgium
Brazil
Coronavirus
COVID-19
Czechia
Developing Nations
EU
Europe
France
India
Italy
Spain
Terry Stewart Thoughts on Trade
United Kingdom
United States
WTO

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