World Trade, Sustainability and Development - University of Cambridge Lecture

Trade and investment flows are often criticised for their sustainability impacts, yet, if harnessed properly through cutting-edge international law and governance, trade can help rather than hinder the global sustainable development goals. This world-class lecture and dialogue features Dr Ngozi Iweala-Okonjo, Director General of the World Trade Organization, and Prof Meredith Crowley, Researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy and Professor of International Economics, from the University of Cambridge. The briefing highlights how trade law and policy is evolving to address our world’s challenges, underlining the idea that the WTO can and must be part of an urgent RE-globalisation towards sustainability, building on its poverty-eradication potential and green comparative advantage.

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