Global Trade Dialogue: the problem as we see it, the responses as we imagine them

Argentina - 5 December 2017

Trade topics: Other

The WTO, and more generally the rules-based trading system, is under scrutiny. Concerns have arisen about the role of trade, globalization more generally, and technological change in the loss of manufacturing jobs in industrial countries and increased job insecurity. As some countries turn more inward, there are likely to be important implications for international co-operation and for the multilateral trading system in particular.On 5 December, academics and trade experts from Argentina, the Host Country, and other WTO Members debated several questions.

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