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WTO Members Should Avoid Export Restrictions on Fertilizers to Deliver on Food Security

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.

Policy Analysis April 14, 2023

International Trade and Artificial Intelligence: Is trade policy ready for Chat GPT?

Pascal Krummenacher discusses the challenges that artificial intelligence poses to trade policy and looks to the World Trade Organization in its ability to respond.

Policy Analysis April 14, 2023

WTO’s Ossa: Trade is both a cause of and solution to climate change

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.

Policy Analysis April 14, 2023

PPMs Are Back: The rise of new sustainability-oriented trade policies based on process and production methods

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.

Policy Analysis April 14, 2023

Türkiye Is “Working Hard” to Clinch Extension of Black Sea Grain Deal

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.

News April 14, 2023

Trade Ministers’ Coalition Seeks to Put Climate Action at the Heart of Global Trade Policies

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.

Policy Analysis April 14, 2023

G-7 meeting set to shape future of natural gas

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.

IISD in the news April 14, 2023

IISD Trade and Sustainability Review, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2023

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.

Long-form article April 13, 2023

Qi Zheng

Person April 13, 2023

Four Ways the G7 Can Show Leadership on Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

G7 ministers and leaders have a key opportunity this year to make concrete progress on fossil fuel phase-out, which could in turn encourage other economies to follow suit.

Insight April 13, 2023