The Future of World Trade

The world trade system is in a phase of upheaval and uncertainty. While the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development considers a rule-based and fair multilateral trading system as the basis for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in the World Trade Organization (WTO) the Doha Development Round negotiations are deadlocked. New rules on environmental aspects, investment or digitization are negotiated in plurilateral and regional trade agreements. Increasingly, the legitimacy of independent dispute resolution mechanisms for trade and investment conflicts is questioned. In addition, more and more countries resort to protectionist measures. Against this background, the trade experts at IDOS analyse the effectiveness, legitimacy and sustainability of the international trading system. Current research topics include:

  • Reform options for the international trade and investment regime;
  • the spread and effectiveness of environmental aspects in free trade agreements;
  • the impact of economic and political fragmentation, integration (e.g., AfCFTA) and disintegration (e.g., Brexit) on developing countries;
  • Effects of an international investment facilitation agreement.

Publications

Making WTO Ministerial Conferences great again
Akman, Sait / Clara Brandi / Peter Draper / [...] / Tim Vogel et al. (2024)

T20 Brasil, Task Force 6 (Strengthening Multilateralism and Global Governance), Policy Brief

Promoting sustainability through reforming subsidies for agriculture in the WTO
Brandi, Clara / Christophe Bellmann / Umberto Celli Junior / Carolyn Deere Birkbeck / Peter Draper (2024)

in: Synergies (Editorial Board), Reviving multilateralism: from vision to action on trade and sustainability at the WTO, Geneva: Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS), 116-119

Challenges for the new EU Commission
Brandi, Clara / Ferdi De Ville / Clara Weinhardt (2024)
The Current Column of 2 September 2024

The Investment Facilitation Index (IFI): Quantifying domestic investment facilitation frameworks
Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Jakob Schwab (2024)

International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva, February 2024

Mutual legitimation attempts: the United Nations and China's Belt and Road Initiative
Haug, Sebastian (2024)

in: International Affairs, 100 (3), 1207-1230

Aid for trade and export performance of recipient countries: the moderating role of institutions
Aboushady, Nora / Georges Harb / Chahir Zaki (2024)

in: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Online

Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement: potential gains
Balistreri, Edward J. / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2024)

in: Yeutter Institute Working Paper, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Investment Facilitation for Development: what’s at stake at the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization?
Berger, Axel / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2024)

published on blogs.idos-research.de, 23 February 2024

Die WTO ist tot, es lebe die WTO!
Brandi, Clara / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2024)

published on makronom.de, 22 February 2024

The World Trade Organization before the 13th Ministerial Conference
Brandi , Clara / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2024)
The Current Column of 21 February 2024

Could the EU’s trade deal with Kenya strengthen the African Continental Free Trade Area?
Keijzer, Niels / Frederik Stender / Tim Vogel (2024)

published on blogs.lse.ac.uk, 8 February 2024

Trade and the environment: drivers and effects of environmental provisions in trade agreements
Brandi, Clara / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2024)

Earth System Governance Elements Series, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Trade liberalization, IMF conditionality, and policy substitution in developing countries
Busse, Matthias / Tim Vogel (2023)

in: KYKLOS - International Review for Social Sciences, first published 15.12.2023

Aid for trade might facilitate ‘deep’ trade agreements, but it’s not that simple
Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel (2023)

published on blogs.lse.ac.uk, 15.12.2023

Chinese firms and adherence to global ESG standards in developing countries: is there potential to create common ground?
Morris, Mike (2023)

Discussion Paper 18/2023

Are global value chains for sale? On business-state relations in the MENA region
Aboushady, Nora / Chahir Zaki (2023)

Discussion Paper 17/2023

The BEPS Project: achievements and remaining challenges
Laudage Teles, Sabine (2023)

Policy Brief 22/2023

Trade and climate change: how to design better climate-related provisions in preferential trade agreements
Brandi, Clara / Kateryna Holzer / Jean-Frédéric Morin / Harro van Asselt / Katharina Weber (2023)
Policy Brief 21/2023

Reforming the WTO through inclusive and development-friendly plurilaterals
Berger, Axel / Sait Akman / Bozkurt Aran / Carlos P. Braga / Rajeev Kher / Douglas Lippoldt / Stormy-Annika Mildner / Arun Nair / Claudia Schmucker / Maarten Smeets (2023)

in: Journal of World Trade 57 (6), 875-888

Trade policy and food security in turbulent times
Aboushady, Nora / Chahir Zaki (2023)

in: Salvatore Capasso / Giovanni Canitano (eds.), Mediterranean Economies 2023 - The impact of the Russia-Ukraine war in the Mediterranean region: the socio-economic consequences, Bologna: Il Mulino, 141-171

The international community must finally provide debt relief
Berensmann, Kathrin (2023)

The Current Column of 6 November 2023

Global public investment: a critique
Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)

published on devpolicy.org, 23.10.2023

What role for aid for trade in (deep) PTA relations? Empirical evidence from gravity model estimations
Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel
(2023)
Discussion Paper 13/2023

Paving the way for the SDG Summit?
Wisskirchen, Alma / Axel Berger (2023)
The Current Column of 4 September 2023

Are Southern voices and the SDGs the way to success for India’s G20 presidency?
Dang, Vy / Eva Lynders / Wulf Reiners (2023)
The Current Column of 21 August 2023

Environmental agreements as clubs: evidence from a new dataset of trade provisions
Morin, Jean-Fréderic / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab (2023)
in: Review of International Organizations, first published 13 July 2023

Implementation of the WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement: identification of reform needs and development policy measures
Berger, Axel / Ann-Margret Bolmer / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Marius Metz / Guillaume Robardet / Julia Schäfer / Marie-Lisa Schneider / Frank Schönberg (2023)

Policy Brief 7/2023

Economic impacts of investment facilitation
Balistreri, Edward J. / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2023)

published on yeutter-institute.unl.edu 2 June 2023

The politics of “what works”: evidence incentives and entrepreneurship in development organisations
Yanguas, Pablo (2023)

Discussion Paper 3/2023

On the real consequences of anti-profit shifting laws: transfer pricing documentation rules and multinational firm investment
Laudage Teles, Sabine / Nadine Riedel / Kristina Strohmaier (2022)

in: Research School of International Taxation, Working Paper Series (RSIT-WP-09-2022)

On the effects of transfer pricing regulations: a developing country perspective
Laudage Teles, Sabine / Nadine Riedel / Kristina Strohmaier (2022)

in: Research School of International Taxation, Working Paper Series (RSIT-WP-08-2022)

Murky trade waters: regional tariff commitments and non-tariff measures in Africa
Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel (2022)

in: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, first published 12.12.2022

Economic effects of FDI: how important is rising market concentration?
Vrolijk, Kasper (2022)

Policy Brief 12/2022

Die Stunde der G20
Axel Berger (2022)

Frankfurter Rundschau, 01.11.2022

Implementing an investment facilitation for development agreement: how to self-assess implementation gaps and technical assistance needs
Berger, Axel / Ann-Margret Bolmer / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2022)

Geneva: International Trade Centre (ITC)

G7 measures to enhance global health equity and security
Kickbusch, Ilona / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Githinji Gitahi / Adam Kamradt - Scott (2022)
in: T7 Task Force Global Health Issue Paper, 25 May 2022

What foreign investors want: findings from an investor survey of investment facilitation measures in Latin America and the Caribbean
Berger, Axel (2022)

Geneva: International Trade Centre (ITC)

How can the G7 and the UN make multilateralism sustainable?
Weinlich, Silke / Marianne Beisheim (2022)

The Current Column of 14 February 2022

Why the German G7 agenda needs a stronger social dimension
Böhl Gutierrez, Mauricio (2022)

The Current Column of 31 January 2022

How Germany’s 2022 G7 Presidency could shape change
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2021)
The Current Column of 15 November 2021

Democratic Participation and the Populist Challenge to Global Governance
Hilbrich, Sören (2021)

Future of Globalisation Blog, 04.11.2021

Promoting a green and just recovery – Leveraging the potential of G20 and G7 cooperation
Berger, Axel / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Imme Scholz et al. (2021)
International Development Blog, 27 October 2021

El impacto económico del acuerdo Unión Europea - Mercosur en España
Latorre, María C. / Hidemichi Yonezawa / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2021)

in: Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo

The trade effects of the economic partnership agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: Early Empirical insights from panel data
Stender, Frederik / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab  (2021)
in: Journal of Common Market Studies, first published 17 June 2021

Investment facilitation for development: a toolkit for policymakers
Berger, Axel / Karl Sauvant (2021)
Genf: International Trade Centre

Can the G20 serve as a launchpad for a multilateral investment agreement?
Berger, Axel / Wan-Hsin Liu (2021)
in: The World Economy 44 (8), 2284-2302

Economic impacts of investment facilitation
Balistreri, Edward J. / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2021)
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development/Iowa State University, Working Paper Series (21-WP 615)

Quantifying investment facilitation at country level: introducing a new index
Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2021)

Discussion Paper 23/2021

A more ambitious G20 for a sustainable post-pandemic recovery and transformation
Scholz, Imme (2021)
International Development Blog, 8 April 2020

Economic impacts of investment facilitation
Balistreri, Edward J. / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2021)

Center for Agricultural and Rural Development/Iowa State University, Working Paper Series (21-WP 615)

Cling together, swing together: the contagious effects of COVID‐19 on developing countries through global value chains
Pahl, Stefan / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab / Frederik Stender (2021)
in: The World Economy, online first 7.01.2021

The trade effects of environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Jean-Frédéric Morin / Jakob Schwab (2020)
in: Beverelli, Cosimo / Jürgen Kurz / Damian Raess (Eds.), International Trade, Investment, and the Sustainable Development Goals, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 111-139

Africa’s diversification and its trade policy transformation
Ndung’u, Njuguna / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Uri Dadush / Fatima Olanike Kareem / Olayinka Idowu Kareem / David Luke / Simon Mevel / Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi / Abebe Shimeles / Frederik Stender / Wilson Wasike (2020)
in: T20 Saudi Arabia, Policy Brief, Online

Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?
Brandi, Clara / Jakob Schwab / Axel Berger / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2020)
in: World Development 129 (May 2020), article 104899

Trade and foreign direct investment‐related impacts of Brexit
Latorre, Maria C. / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Hidemichi Yonezawa (2020)

in: The World Economy 43 (1), 2-32

Foreign multinationals in service sectors: a general equilibrium analysis of Brexit
Latorre, María C. / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Hidemichi Yonezawa (2020)

in: The World Economy (online first)

Cling together, swing together: the contagious effects of COVID-19 on developing countries through global value chains
Pahl, Stefan / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab / Frederik Stender (2020)
Discussion Paper 21/2020

Advancing EU-Africa cooperation in light of the African Continental Free Trade Area
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Frederik Stender / Edward K. Brown / Philomena Apiko / Sean Woolfrey (2020)
ETTG-Paper, September 2020

Why Germany should give high priority to supporting the African Continental Free Trade Area during the EU Council Presidency
Keijzer, Niels / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger / Frederik Stender (2020)

The Current Column of 7 September 2020

Corporate tax revenue and foreign direct investment: potential trade-offs and how to address them
Laudage, Sabine (2020)
Discussion Paper 17/2020

The trade effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: early empirical insights from panel data
Stender, Frederik / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab (2020)
Discussion Paper 7/2020

How seriously does the EU take values and standards in trade agreements?
Stender, Frederik (2020)
The Current Column of 16 March 2020

Europe’s development model: The Third Generation
Marhold, Hartmut (2020)
International Development Blog, 4 March 2020

Investment facilitation for development: a new route to global investment governance
Berger, Axel / Sebastian Gsell / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2019)
Briefing Paper 5/2019

Environmental provisions in trade agreements: defending regulatory space or pursuing offensive interests?
Blümer, Dominique / Jean-Frédéric Morin / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
in: Environmental Politics (online first)

The multilateralization of PTAs’ environmental clauses: scenarios for the future?
Morin, Jean-Frédéric / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
in: Manfred Elsig / Michael Hahn / Gabriele Spilker (eds.), The shifting landscape of global trade governance, World Trade Forum, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 207-232

How can an international framework for investment facilitation contribute to sustainable development?
Berger, Axel / Sebastian Gsell (2019)

Briefing Paper 15/2019

When do international treaties matter for domestic environmental legislation?
Brandi, Clara / Dominique Blümer / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2019)
in: Global Environmental Politics 19 (4), 14-44

Playing with fire - Brazil's dilemma in the EU-Mercosur trade agreement
Stender, Frederik (2019)
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 12/2019, 40-43

Kick-starting diffusion: explaining the varying frequency of PTAs’ environmental clauses by their initial conditions
Morin, Jean-Frédéric / Dominique Blümer / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
in: World Economy 42 (9), 2602-2628

Investment facilitation for development: a new route to global investment governance
Berger, Axel / Sebastian Gsell / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2019)
Briefing Paper 5/2019

Towards G20 guiding principles on investment facilitation for sustainable development
Berger, Axel / Ahmad Ghouri / Tomoko Ishikawa / Karl P. Sauvant / Matthew Stephenson (2019)
published on T20 Japan March 2019

Exporting for growth: identifying leading sectors for Egypt and Tunisia using the Product Space Methodology (Arabic version)
El-Haddad, Amirah (2019)
Discussion Paper 5/2019

Potential of blockchain technology for trade integration of developing countries
Schwab, Jakob / Jan Ohnesorge (2019)
Briefing Paper 4/2019

Challenges ahead for the global economy
Keil, Jonas (2018)
The Current Column of 5 November 2018

Handelspolitik: auf wackligen Füßen
Berger, Axel(2018)
in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 14 February 2018

US tariff increases: How will they impact developing countries?
Berger, Axel
(2018)
The Current Column of 23 March 2018

What’s next for the investment facilitation agenda?
Berger, Axel(2018)
published on Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (Columbia FDI Perspectives: Perspectives on topical foreign direct investment 224)

The Trump-induced G20 stress test on trade: did the German presidency pass?
Berger, Axel / Simon Evenett(2018)
published on Global Summitry, 17 May 2018

Moving the G20’s investment agenda forward
Berger, Axel / Karl P. Sauvant / Silvia Karina Fiezzoni / Rodrigo Polanco / Matthew Stephenson / Akihiko Tamura / Pavel Trunin(2018)
published on T20 Argentina 2018

Mend it, don't end it: the case for upgrading the G20's pledge on protectionism
Evenett, Simon J. / Sait Akman / Axel Berger / Eduardo Bianchi / Carlos Primo Braga / Marcela Cristini7 Kamala Dawar / Matthias Helble / Galina Kolev / Jurgen Matthes / Maximilian Mendez-Parra / Claudia Schmucker / Johannes Schwarzer / Aki Tamura / Tu Xinquan(2018)
published on T20 Argentina 2018

Like it or not? How the economic and institutional environment shapes individual attitudes towards multinational enterprises
Harms, Philipp / Jakob Schwab(2018)
in: The World Economy, 1-44

Trade and FDI-Related Impacts of Brexit
Latorre, María C. / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Hidemichi Yonezawa
SSRN, 25 April 2018

Economic and distributional impacts of comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-pacific partnership : the case of Vietnam
Maliszewska, Maryla / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Israel Osorio-Rodarte(2018)
Tác động kinh tế và phân bổ thu nhập của Hiệp định Đối tác Toàn diện và Tiến bộ Xuyên Thái Bình Dương: Trường hợp của Việt Nam (Bilangual Publication / Ấn phẩm Song ngữ) Washington, D.C.: The World Bank Group (Working Paper 124022)

New industrial revolution: upgrading trade and investment frameworks for digitalization
Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo / Axel Berger / Wallace S. Cheng / Santiago Díaz de Sarralde Miguez / Christian von Haldenwang / Tobias Hentze / Lucia Tajoli / Akihiko Tamura / Wei Wenfang(2018)
published on T20 Argentina 2018

Putting FDI on the G20 Agenda
Sauvant, Karl P. / Axel Berger(2018)
published on www.project-syndicate.org 3 August 2018

North-South Globalization and foreign direct investment: essays in international economics
Schwab, Jakob(2018)
Wiesbaden: Springer

Key policy options for the G20 in 2017 to support an open and inclusive trade and investment system
Akman, M. Sait / Axel Berger / Uri Dadush / Simon Evenett / Lise Johnson / Maximiliano Mendez-Parra / Raul Ochoa / Claudia Schmucker(2017)
published on G20 Insights, 31 March 2017

Privatization and the unusual case of Belarusian accession to the WTO
Balistreri, Edward J. / Zoryana Olekseyuk / David G. Tarr(2017)
in: The World Economy 40 (12), 2564-2591

Showdown in Hamburg
Berger, Axel(2017)
published on Diplomatisches Magazin, 1 June 2017

Bye-bye America, Konnichiwa Japan
Berger, Axel / Claudia Schmucker(2017)
published on Handelsblatt Global, 13 July 2017

Vietnam’s preferential trade agreements: implications for GVC participation and upgrading
Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn(2017)
in: Claire H. Hollweg / Tanya Smith / Daria Taglioni (eds.), Vietnam at a crossroads: engaging in the next generation of global value chains, Washington, D.C.: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, 81-98

Environmental provisions in trade agreements: promises at the trade and environment interface
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Dominique Bruhn(2017)
Briefing Paper 16/2017

Towards “greening” trade? Tracking environmental provisions in the preferential trade agreements of emerging markets
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Dominique Bruhn / Manjiao Chi(2017)
Discussion Paper 2/2017

Handel und Umweltschutz: Chancen und Risiken
Brandi, Clara(2017)
Discussion Paper 22/2017

Die ökonomischen Auswirkungen von EU-Freihandelsabkommen auf Entwicklungsländer
Brandi, Clara(2017)
in: Gabriel J. Felbermayr / Daniel Göler / Christoph Herrmann / Andreas Kalina (Hrsg.), Multilateralismus

The trade regime complex and megaregionals: an exploration from the perspective of international domination
Brandi, Clara(2017)
in: Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric (TPR) 10 (1), 24-42

Trade elements in countries’ climate contributions under the Paris agreement
Brandi, Clara(2017)
Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) (Issue Paper March 2017)

What next for the Economic Partnership Agreements? Thoughts on deepening the EU-Africa trade partnership
Brandi, Clara / Merran Hulse / Niels Keijzer(2017)
Briefing Paper 9/2017

Die Haltung zur ökonomischen Globalisierung als Abbild von Verteilungsinteressen? Einige Ergebnisse auf der Basis von Umfragedaten
Harms, Philipp / Jakob Schwab(2017)
in: ifo Schnelldienst 70 (9), 16-18

Fostering the sustainability of Global Value Chains (GVCs)
Neligan, Adriana / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Diego Navarro / Fernando Blumenschein / Isabel Jandeisek / Johannes Blankenbach / Josef Wieland / Joshua Wickerham / Lise Johnson / Philipp Harms / Uri Dadush(2017)
published on G20 Insights, 28 March 2017

Trade liberalization gains under different trade theories: a case study for Ukraine
Olekseyuk, Zoryana / Edward J. Balistreri(2017)
in:  Empirica 26 April 2017, 45, 507-542

Trade policy in the digital age
von Weizsäcker, Franz / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2017)
The Current Column of 3 April 2017

A multilateral investment agreement: a road to nowhere?
Berger, Axel(2016)
in: G20 Hangzhou Summit 2016: proposals for trade, investment, and sustainable development outcomes, Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), 63-70

Deep preferential trade agreements and upgrading in global value chains: the case of Vietnam
Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn / Andrea Bender / Julia Friesen / Katharina Kick / Felix Kullmann / Robert Roßner / Svenja Weyrauch(2016)
Studies 92

The G20 and the future of the global trading system
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi(2016)
Briefing Paper 10/2016

Rising Powers in the Global Trading System – China and Mega-Regional Trade Negotiations
Brandi, Clara (2016)
in: Rising Powers Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 1, September 2016, 71-83

Survey evidence: the low-skilled oppose globalisation in rich countries, while the high-skilled oppose it in poor ones
Harms, Philipp / Jakob Schwab(2016)
published on LSE London School of Economics and Political Science, 22 June 2016

Hesitant embrace: China’s recent approach to international investment rule-making
Berger, Axel(2015)
in: The Journal of World Investment & Trade 16 (5-6), 843 –868

Events

Virtuelles Pressegespräch
13. Ministerkonferenz der Welthandelsorganisation 2024

Online, 28.02.2024

International Research Conference
Africa’s regional and global integration – Lessons from the past and implications for the future

Bonn, 17 November until 18 November 2022

Capacity development workshop
Capacity development workshop to support Lao PDR’s participation in WTO Investment Facilita-tion for Development negotiations

Vientiane, Laos, 9 November until 11 November 2022

Virtual Event
Key elements of responsible business conduct in a WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement
Online, 30.09.2022

Workshop
Assessing policy reform and capacity building needs to implement a future WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement
Geneva, 5 May 2022

Interactive discussion
Leveraging the Full Potential of Plurilateral Initiatives in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Online, 23 November 2021

Virtual Event
Increasing the development impact of FDI: Creating linkages between foreign investors and the local economy in light of the Covid-19 pandemic
Online, 26 October 2021

Virtual Researcher Event
Joint DIE/WTO researcher event on investment facilitation for development
Online, 18 October  2021

WTO Public Forum 2021 Session
Investment Facilitation for Development: Revitalizing Investment for Covid-19 Recovery
Online, 30 September 2021

Virtual Event
Implementing an investment facilitation framework – Learning from the TFA experience
Online, 15 September  2021

Expert Conference
Promoting a green and just recovery: Leveraging the potential of G20 and G7 cooperation
Online, 13-14 September  2021

Virtual Event within the framework of the T20 Roundtables
The Reform of the World Trade Organization: Key Priorities for the G20
Online, 8 September  2021

Virtual Seminar
International Trade, Firms and Jobs: Perspectives from Emerging Economies
Online, 2 June 2021

Expert Workshop
Potentials and Challenges of a Future AU-EU Trade Agreement
Online, 12 May 2021

Virtual Event
Investment dispute prevention and management at the national level

Online, 25.02.2021

Fourth Virtual Capacity Building Workshop
Investment Facilitation for Development: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Online, 11.12.2020

Virtual Workshop
Justice in Global Economic Governance
Online, 2 - 3 November 2020

Online Event
The potential value-added of an Investment Facilitation Framework for Development
14 December 2020

Virtual Workshops
Investment Facilitation Book Project
Online, 26 October - 20 November 2020

Online Panel
Supply shortage in medical devices in the Corona-crisis – Is the solution stockpiling and less international trade?

Online, 4 September 2020

Webinar
How can the EU contribute to making AfCFTA work?
Online, 24 June 2020

Webinar
The G20 in the time of Covid-19: Challenges to the ideal of club governance

Online, 23 June 2020

Webinar
AfCFTA – how to make it a game changer?
Online, 17 June 2020

Webinar
Towards a digital partnership between the EU and the AU
Online, 28 May 2020

Working Session WTO Public Forum
Investment facilitation and WTO modernisation

Geneva, 11 October 2019

G20-T20 Roundtable Discussion
Global Value Chains for Inclusive Development
Tokyo, 28 May 2019

Webinar
A multilateral framework on investment facilitation
Bonn, 23 May 2019

Expert Roundtable
Digital Trade, WTO Reform, and Trade and Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Tokyo, 09 April 2019

Expert Conference
Fit for purpose?
Berlin, 20 March 2019

Expert Roundtable
Investment Facilitation for Sustainable Development
Berlin, 19 March 2019

Conference
The G20 @ 10

Bonn, 23-24 October 2018

Highlight

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Challenges for the new EU Commission
Brandi, Clara / Ferdi De Ville / Clara Weinhardt (2024)
The Current Column of 2 September 2024

Trade and the environment: drivers and effects of environmental provisions in trade agreements
Brandi, Clara / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2024)
Earth System Governance Elements Series, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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The Investment Facilitation Index (IFI): Quantifying domestic investment facilitation frameworks
Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Jakob Schwab (2024)

International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva, February 2024

Online Tool: TREND Analytics