Report of a Conference Sponsored by the Government of Sweden (September 2009).
The report explores four areas on the cutting edge of trade theory and trade policy - (1) the impact of changing patterns of trade and investment in the global economy on both the conduct of world trade and trade theory; (2) the challenge of integrating trade and environmental goals, particularly in developing a global response to the challenge of climate change; (3) the role of trade in reducing global poverty, particularly how trading partners could bargain more directly for development; and (4) defining the World Trade Organization's role in a new international economic architecture, as well as the means for overcoming the institutional challenges the WTO faces in fulfilling its role as a pillar of global economic governance. The report also includes a summary of the keynote address provided by Dr. Paul Krugman, the 2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics, on the links between trade and the current economic crisis, and remarks by Dr. Ewa Björling, Sweden's trade minister on the challenges facing the global trading system.
The report explores four areas on the cutting edge of trade theory and trade policy - (1) the impact of changing patterns of trade and investment in the global economy on both the conduct of world trade and trade theory; (2) the challenge of integrating trade and environmental goals, particularly in developing a global response to the challenge of climate change; (3) the role of trade in reducing global poverty, particularly how trading partners could bargain more directly for development; and (4) defining the World Trade Organization's role in a new international economic architecture, as well as the means for overcoming the institutional challenges the WTO faces in fulfilling its role as a pillar of global economic governance. The report also includes a summary of the keynote address provided by Dr. Paul Krugman, the 2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics, on the links between trade and the current economic crisis, and remarks by Dr. Ewa Björling, Sweden's trade minister on the challenges facing the global trading system.
