TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth INVESTMENT SCREENING: PROTECTIONISM AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY? OR JUSTIFIED POLICY TOOL TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY? ABSTRACT Over the past five years, investment screening has gained in prominence as a policy tool. The COVID-19 pandemic has once more accelerated this trend. [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth FACILITATING SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT TO BUILD BACK BETTER ABSTRACT Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are at a low point as a result of not only the COVID-19 pandemic but also restrictive FDI policies adopted in recent years. Investment facilitation has [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth LEVERAGING DIGITAL FDI FOR CAPACITY AND COMPETITIVENESS: HOW TO BE SMART ABSTRACT Policy-makers and firms can leverage foreign direct investment (FDI) to grow their digital capabilities and competitiveness with a three-part strategy. First, launching Digital FDI enabling projects (DEPs) [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth LEVERAGING GLOBAL DIGITAL TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL ABSTRACT E-commerce has been growing rapidly in recent years, supported by the development of new digital technologies, improvements in logistics and distribution services and changes in consumer preferences. During 2020, e-commerce further [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth DIGITAL TRADE: TOP TRADE NEGOTIATION PRIORITIES FOR CROSS-BORDER DATA FLOWS AND ONLINE TRADE IN SERVICES ABSTRACT This policy brief sets out recommendations to achieve a new multilateral framework of trade rules in the digital arena, thereby facilitating continued digital [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WTO: TOWARD A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE ISSUE OF DEVELOPMENT STATUS AND SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT ABSTRACT World Trade Organization (WTO) members have divergent views about developing country-member status and special and differential treatment [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth CONFRONTING “DEGLOBALIZATION” IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM ABSTRACT The first two decades of this millennium were marked by major political, economic and geopolitical disruptions. This has led many analysts to predict that the world economy is entering a phase [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth BOOSTING G20 COOPERATION FOR WTO REFORM: LEVERAGING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF PLURILATERAL INITIATIVES ABSTRACT In order to preserve the central role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in global trade it is necessary to revive the negotiating function of [...]

TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 BOOSTING EQUITABLE ACCESS AND PRODUCTION OF DIAGNOSTICS, THERAPEUTICS AND VACCINES TO CONFRONT COVID-19 ON A GLOBAL FOOTING ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the devastating impact of a large-scale disease on global health and wellbeing, security and economies. It has [...]

TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 REGIONAL COLLECTIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS COVID-19 AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE PANDEMICS ABSTRACT The need for regional cooperation in addressing health threats and supporting preparedness is clear. Regional cooperation around COVID-19 has varied, reflecting disparities in political support, resources and health [...]