“UNFAIR” TRADE

April 16, 2020

Joe Exotic and Wet Markets Expose Global Wildlife Trade

Wildlife trade is a multibillion dollar business that is under scrutiny due to its impacts on human health, animals, and habitats around the world. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) aims to ensure that international trade in plants and animals does not threaten their survival.

ARTICLES BY TOPIC

TARIFFS & TRADE BARRIERS

March 19, 2020

Free Trade in Medicines and Supplies is the Healthiest Approach

The WTO zero-for-zero tariff agreement on trade in health-related products needs to be expanded. Free trade will help promote recovery after COVID-19.

March 5, 2020

Driving Congress to Act on National Security Tariffs

March 5, 2020

The Global Travels of Live Animals

SUBSIDIES

February 21, 2019

China’s Industrial Policies and Trade Rules – If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em?

Discussions are now underway as to whether EU antitrust policies need to be relaxed in order to allow greater latitude to meet the challenge posed by Chinese mega-firms.

January 31, 2019

Feeding China’s State-Owned Enterprises With Government Cash

January 24, 2019

Fisheries subsidies: The WTO’s New Year’s Resolution for 2019?

DISPUTES

April 9, 2020

Pistachios: The Quirks of Agricultural Trade in a Nutshell

The history of pistachio trade reveals quirks in the broader world of global agricultural trade. The growth of America’s pistachio industry came after the U.S. imposed trade sanctions against Iran in response to the Iran Hostage Crisis and the two countries have a complicated trade history. But global global demand for pistachios is higher than production, leaving room for both American and Iranian producers.

November 7, 2019

Spanish Olives in the Pits Over U.S.-EU Trade Tensions

October 18, 2019

Civil War in Syria: How Conflict Erodes Trade

ILLICIT TRADE

April 16, 2020

Joe Exotic and Wet Markets Expose Global Wildlife Trade

March 26, 2020

Preventing Trade in Online Fakes

February 7, 2020

“Free” Trade and Modern Slavery

SANCTIONS

April 9, 2020

Economic Sanctions Exempt Humanitarian Trade

Iran is one of the countries hardest hit by COVID-19, having emerged as an early hotspot outside China. While economic sanctions against Iran remain, humanitarian exemptions enable trade in essential goods like food and medicine as a part of health diplomacy. Learn how lessons from past sanctions can be applied to the global pandemic response.

June 14, 2019

Keeping Up With U.S. Economic Sanctions

Iranian 10000 Rial Note With American One Dollar Bill

June 14, 2019