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Responsible consensus: a final bid to rescue the WTO from institutional irrelevance?

This podcast explores the complexities of the WTO's decision-making process.

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Responsible Consensus? “You cannot be serious!”

Reflections on how to reform the WTO in order to progress agreement in key areas.

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WTO reform - Discussion with Ambassador Ølberg

The WTO’s Chair of General Council discusses the reforms that are needed in the prospects of reaching an agreement to keep the organization relevant.

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The UK’s data governance regime and the data partnership with Indonesia

This Briefing Paper describes the UK’s and Indonesia’s different approaches to data governance and the challenges that arise from attempts to bring them closer together.

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World trade, sustainability and development

Lecture by Dr Ngozi Iweala-Okonjo, Director General of the World Trade Organization.

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A new government in Westminster: What next for trade and devolution?

What does a new government in Westminster mean for UK trade policy from the perspective(s) of the periphery of the three devolved administrations?

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Innovation Fund Round 3

The Innovation Fund is now open for appliations.

Deadline: Monday 7 October, 12 noon, UK time.

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Our animated videos help to explain trade policy and its effects

Latest Animation: International Trade and UK Economic Growth

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Our aim is to build permanent capacity by developing a community of scholars and practitioners with the knowledge, skills and mutual understanding to develop robust trade policy in a changing world.

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