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	<title>the GEG blog &#187; wto</title>
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		<title>Online Survey for GEG Taskforce on Global Knowledge Governance</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2010/07/online-survey-for-geg-taskforce-on-global-knowledge-governance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Deere</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[intellectual property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WIPO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In late 2009, Oxford University’s Global Economic Governance Programme convened an Expert Taskforce on Global Knowledge Governance to propose a set of principles and options for the future of the global knowledge governance.  To contribute to their work, the Expert Taskforce invites you to take part in a short international survey on Global Knowledge Governance and Intellectual Property. To complete the survey, please follow this link: www.surveymonkey.com/s/globalknowledgegovernance. ]]></description>
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		<title>Momentum Builds for Discussion of Reform at WTO Ministerial Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/11/momentum-builds-for-discussion-on-wto-reform-at-wto-ministerial-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/11/momentum-builds-for-discussion-on-wto-reform-at-wto-ministerial-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Deere</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[institutional reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this blog, GEG&#8217;s Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck argues that Ministers should use this Ministerial Conference to take leadership and push discussion of institutional reform and governance higher up the multilateral trade system&#8217;s official agenda. With just over one week remaining before the Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference (30 November &#8211; 2 December 2009), WTO reform and the functioning of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strengthening Multilateralism: A Mapping of Proposals on WTO Reform and Global Trade Governance</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/11/strengthening-multilateralism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/11/strengthening-multilateralism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Deere</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Global Economic Governance Programme is pleased to announce the release of a discussion draft of Strengthening Multilateralism: A Mapping of Proposals on WTO Reform and Global Trade Governance, by Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck and Catherine Monagle, and jointly published with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD).]]></description>
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		<title>The G20&#8242;s Trade Agenda: A Step Forward, But Not Far Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/04/the-g20s-trade-agenda-a-step-forward-but-not-far-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/04/the-g20s-trade-agenda-a-step-forward-but-not-far-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Deere</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The G20 leaders' communiqué today has provided a vital boost for global trade, but several important trade-related commitments - to developing countries, to sustainable development and to multilateralism - were disappointing or missing. With a further G20 meeting scheduled before the end of the year, leaders must now deepen and expand their trade agenda to address these shortfalls. At the same time, they must acknowledge the democratic deficits of the G20 and explore more inclusive alternatives for global economic decision-making - in particular those that would ensure greater representation of the world's poorest countries.]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping the Door Open: Options for China and the World</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/keeping-the-door-open-options-for-china-and-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/keeping-the-door-open-options-for-china-and-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence J. Lau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest blogger Lawrence J. Lau makes the case for keeping the trade door open, outlining options for China and the world.

The "open door" policy was a critical component of the economic reforms China introduced in 1978, opening the country to the outward and inward flow of goods and services, of capital, and of people.

Deng Xiaoping's government brought China into the globalised economy, expanding international trade and attracting foreign direct investment, which brought with it capital, technology, markets, new business models and methods needed after decades of relative isolation.  It permitted hundreds of thousands of Chinese scholars to go abroad for exchange and advanced study, and let foreign experts become involved with China. The "open door" underpinned the extraordinary growth of the Chinese economy over the past three decades.]]></description>
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		<title>From Crisis Management to Sustainable Development: Why We Need a WTO Ministerial Conference This Year</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/from-crisis-management-to-sustainable-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/from-crisis-management-to-sustainable-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Deere</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trade ministers have not met for a broad-ranging WTO Ministerial Conference since the launch of the Doha Round in 2001. At the G20 London Summit, governments should call for a full Ministerial Conference in Geneva to be held this year.[1]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trade System Amidst the Global Financial Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/the-trade-system-amidst-the-global-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/the-trade-system-amidst-the-global-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvia Ostry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest blogger Sylvia Ostry reflects on the challenges for the trade system amidst the financial crisis

If there was ever any doubt about the close, even intimate, relationship between trade and finance in the global economy, the statement issued by the G20 leaders on 15 November 2008 put that doubt to rest. In that document - wide ranging and complex - the G20 tasked several national and international organisations with implementing enunciated principles for reform of financial markets and an initial set of specific measures, including high-priority actions to be completed by the end of March 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Africa, Trade and the Economic Crisis: A Stimulus Package for Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/africa-trade-and-the-economic-crisis-a-stimulus-package-for-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/africa-trade-and-the-economic-crisis-a-stimulus-package-for-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominique Njinkeu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest blogger Dominique Njinkeu sets out the challenges facing Africa in the current economic crisis, highlights the  and makes the case for a stimulus package for Africa to address shrinking trade.

The current global downturn is a crisis emanating from advanced economies rather than from bad policies on the part of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.  African economies will nevertheless be affected through a variety of international trade-related channels, including reduced commodities prices and exports receipts, foreign direct investment and equity flows, exchange rate fluctuations, and remittances. Trade is already shrinking, growth declining, and unemployment rising. The associated losses for SSA countries are forecasted at over USD 50 billion in 2008-2009. Unless appropriate solutions are identified and swiftly implemented, the crisis risks undermining the achievements of three decades of policy reform, thus further reducing the possibility of achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals. Fortunately, such solutions exist that could even turn the crisis into opportunity for African countries.]]></description>
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		<title>Global Trade Governance and the G20: The Need for US Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/global-trade-governance-and-the-g20-the-need-for-us-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/global-trade-governance-and-the-g20-the-need-for-us-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberto Bouzas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roberto Bouzas

The challenges faced by developing countries and sustainable development regarding global economic governance are not substantially different from those faced by the developed world. In fact, both groups of countries share common challenges.

The first and most urgent challenge is to revive the multilateral trade regime. In the last half century, trade has been the policy area in which the international community has made the most strident progress towards cooperation. In the last decade, however, the effectiveness of the international trade regime has eroded under the weight of a changing international and domestic landscape (a new balance of power, an expanded membership, the emergence of new constituencies, and the development of uncharted regulatory areas). These structural transformations were underway well in advance of the financial crisis, but a creeping recession and mounting protectionist pressures have sharply deepened existing tensions.]]></description>
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		<title>The Upside of a Downturn: A Chinese Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/the-upside-of-a-downturn-a-chinese-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/03/the-upside-of-a-downturn-a-chinese-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shuaihua Cheng</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest blogger Shuaihua Cheng provides a Chinese perspective on global trade governance and the economic crisis, focusing on the upside of a downturn.

The most critical problem facing global trade governance at this moment is that we have focused too much on problems at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is dangerous to disregard the fact that the WTO has functioned well as a stabilizer of basic global economic order amidst economic turmoil.]]></description>
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