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Proposals and Options to Upgrade the Global Trade System

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13 Jun 2018
Ongoing Evolution of Investment Policymaking in RTAs and IIAs
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25 Oct 2018
Interactive Breakfast Encounter: Sustainable Investment Facilitation Policies and Practices
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The Digital Transformation and the Transformation of International Trade
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Facilitation 2.0: Enabling trade in the digital age
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The Evolution of Substantive Investment Protections in Recent Trade and Investment Treaties
Over the years, the substantive content of international investment agreements (IIAs) has shifted to reflect political change and to respond to lessons learnt in investor...
November 2018
Catharine Titi
RTA Exchange
Facilitation 2.0: Services and Trade in the Digital Age
Although services facilitation is recent topic of discussion at the World Trade Organization, it is not novel in the context of regional trade agreements (RTAs), where provisions on increased transparency, i...
October 2018
Marta Soprana
RTA Exchange
Facilitation 2.0: E-Commerce and Trade in the Digital Age
With a growing number of transactions available on the internet, the interconnection between regulatory issues creates unprecedented complexities for both transaction subjects and policymakers. Through t...
September 2018
Maria Ptashkina
RTA Exchange
International Investment Obligations and Industrial Policy: Evolution in Treaty Practice
As industrial policies become more widespread and controversial, the relationship between international investment agreements (IIAs) and industrial policy measures has taken o...
September 2018
Mark Feldman
RTA Exchange
Facilitation 2.0: Investment and Trade in the Digital Age
In recent years, investment facilitation has taken an important place in the investment policy debate. This paper provides an overview on how investment facilitation is currently considered in ...
September 2018
Rodrigo Polanco Lazo
Investment Policy
What Can an Investment Facilitation Agreement at the WTO Do for Sustainable Development?
This think piece looks at the institutional correlation between investment facilitation measures proposed by World Trade Organization (WTO) memb...
June 2018
Ada Bogliolo Piancastelli de Siqueira
Investment Policy
Investment Facilitation: A Practical Perspective
This think piece provides an overview of the practical services provided by investment promotion authorities (IPAs) to foreign investors, for the purpose of facilitating foreign investment inflows into the...
May 2018
Andreas Dressler
RTA Exchange
Designing Common but Differentiated Rules for Regional Trade Disputes
In the twenty-first century, World Trade Organization (WTO) members have put great energy and creativity in liberalising trade through regional trade agreements (RTAs), even as trade liberalisatio...
May 2018
Amy Porges

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Mission

To generate strategic analysis and recommendations for government, business, and civil society geared towards strengthening the global trade and investment system for sustainable development.
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Expert Groups

E15 experts are divided into 15 thematic groups and three task forces addressing horizontal issues. The groups met regularly with the goal of delivering a set of policy options in 2016.
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Engagement

Dialogue on the E15 outputs is maximised in Geneva and around the world, bridging the innovative E15 proposals on the one hand, and business demand, societal expectations and governmental realities on the other to deliver sustainable development.
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Governance

The E15 is guided by a Steering Board made up of prominent global leaders, including business executives, government representatives, and think tank heads.
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