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October 27, 2014
Implementation of a global deal to promote trade through increased regulatory transparency and reform of customs procedures is stalled. The deadlock began in July, when India blocked formal adoption of the Trade Facilitation Agreement, which WTO members had agreed to in Bali at the end of ...
CGD in the News
August 04, 2014
For many Americans, Africa is a continent far away, full of images like these: poverty, hunger, political refugees - and a need for foreign aid.
But former U.S. diplomat to Africa, Todd Moss, warns those are the pictures of the past.
"US now has greater national security interest in Africa th...
CGD in the News
August 02, 2014
The WTO will not come crashing down tomorrow, says Kimberly Elliott, a trade analyst at the Center for Global Development think-tank in Washington.
But its future looks bleak if the Doha negotiations go back into the coma that has been their dominant state in recent years.
While many celebrate the...
CGD in the News
July 31, 2014
“I don’t know how many jobs [the WTO deal is] going to create, and I think the numbers are exaggerated. But I think that it’s critical that this agreement happens so that we have this system of international rules under the WTO,” says Kimberly Elliott, a senior fellow with th...
CGD in the News
July 31, 2014
President Barack Obama will host the first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., from Aug. 4 to 6. The event will showcase Africa’s impressive economic rise and the Obama administration’s policy initiatives as the U.S. plays catch-up with Europe, China and other parts of t...
CGD in the News
July 31, 2014
Africa is no longer the backwater of U.S. foreign policy. President Obama will host the first-ever African heads of state summit with 47 leaders in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 4-6. The top agenda items are security and private investment, areas where both Americans and Africans have growing shared inte...
CGD in the News
July 29, 2014
Read the article hereIndia is threatening to block the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s trade facilitation agreement (TFA) reached at Bali last year unless its agricultural policies are permanently excluded from multilateral scrutiny. Is the objective - on agriculture - valid? Are the tactics - ...