The United Kingdom becomes the first new member to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) since it entered into force in 2018.
Facundo Calvo overviews the recent economic trends of agricultural fertilizers and suggests strategies to facilitate fertilizer trade in order for the World Trade Organization to deliver on food security.
Pascal Krummenacher discusses the challenges that artificial intelligence poses to trade policy and looks to the World Trade Organization in its ability to respond.
Jennifer Freedman interviews Ralph Ossa, the WTO’s new chief economist, to discuss the effects of trade on climate change, and how trade can provide solutions to environmental issues.
Andreas Oeschger and Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi review the debate behind process and production methods (PPMs) and contextualize them based on examples of recently introduced PPM-based trade measures.
Türkiye pushes for an extension of the UN-backed Black Sea Grain deal which allows Ukraine to ship grain from three ports that were previously blockaded by Russia.
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck provides an overview of the new Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate, highlighting the importance of cooperation and strong political leadership moving forward.
A meeting of Group of 7 Cabinet-level officials this weekend is setting up a geopolitical battle that could play a major role in driving the future of U.S. natural gas — and determining the emissions of the fuel globally. The meeting in Sapporo, Japan, is a precursor to a G-7 head-of-state summit next month that could influence the trajectory of energy markets for years and help determine the international money flow toward gas projects.
From the impact of AI to agricultural fertilizers, this issue of the IISD Trade and Sustainability Review covers a range of policy issues at the intersection of trade and sustainable development.