Titre : | Rebuidling global trade : Proposals for a fairer, more sustainable future. Short essays on trade and global economic governance |
Auteurs : | C.D. Birkbeck, Auteur R. Melendez-Ortiz, Editeur scientifique |
Editeur : | Geneva : International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development |
Année de publication : | 2009 |
Présentation physique : | viii, 89p. |
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Note générale : | D |
Résumé : | As G20 leaders work to promote effective, coordinated responses to the global economic crisis, the state of global trade and the future of the multilateral trading system must not be neglected. Around the world, governments face domestic pressur[...] As G20 leaders work to promote effective, coordinated responses to the global economic crisis, the state of global trade and the future of the multilateral trading system must not be neglected. Around the world, governments face domestic pressures to retreat from the rules-based trading system they have designed and to protect industries and jobs under threat. In the context of the crisis, the immediate focus of many governments and trade experts is rightly to stop the collapse of global trade, complete a development-friendly Doha Round, improve surveillance to discourage new trade barriers, boost Aid for Trade, and ensure access to trade finance on reasonable terms, particularly for developing countries. But just as the G20 leaders¿ ongoing work on global finance combines immediate responses to the crisis with forward-looking efforts to restructure therules that govern the financial system, so too we need to think and act now on the rules, institutions and reforms needed to better govern world trade. Actions taken now will set the stage for how well governments address the host of enduring and emerging challenges the multilateral trade system faces ¿ from making progress on the Millennium Development Goals to addressing sustainable development priorities such as the collapse of global fish stocks and a global green new deal to protect the world¿s climate.In this compilation, the Global Economic Governance Programme (GEG) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) have gathered short essays from a broad range of scholars and experts around the world to provide proposals on : 1. immediate trade priorities in the context of the economic crisis. and 2. a forward-looking agenda for global trade governance. Contributing authors were asked to : Propose concrete trade-related actions that G20 leaders should take at their April 2009 LondonSummit and subsequent meetings; Consider challenges the multilateral trading system will face in the in the longer term (i.e. 2015) and propose reforms these will demand of global trade governance; Focus special attention on the needs of developing countries and sustainable development.The essays in this volume offer proposals for responding swiftly to the economic crisis but also to enduring interlocking crises in the area of food, fuel, climate and poverty. Many of the essays emphasize the importance of an explicit focus on values, highlighting that efforts to stimulate growth, employment and economic stability must also prioritize international commitments to development and sustainability. Most contributors to this compilation express shared concerns for restoring growth and trade, but also highlight the importance of the quality of growth and trade, the distribution of their social benefits, and their impacts on environmental sustainability. |
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