In 🇨🇭, from all over. Mainly trade. Journalist. WTO Secretariat 1996-2015. Usual disclaimers. Member: http://fmg-geneva.org.
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Peter Ungphakorn
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India’s lone opposition "to the [Investment Facilitation Agreement] carries reputational & strategic costs. When a major economy stands apart from a proposal supported by a broad coalition of developing & developed economies, it can appear hesitant about transparency or broader rule-making efforts."
A fundamental problem in the WTO (and probably other organisations) is officials in capitals not knowing what their delegations in Geneva are doing. This rare comment is important. It’s by the UK, about the Trade Facilitation Committee but also applies in so many areas. docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages...
A timely piece, as the fourth anniversary of the WTO's 2022 Fisheries Subsidies Agreement (Fish 1) approaches, on why concluding the second phase (Fish 2) is important for small countries such as the Pacific nations. And a timely warning that the in-built time-bomb is ticking.
#LowyInstitute
David Aaronovich is always good. But whether or not you're interested in the Blair intervention, the two dislikes at the start of this are worth paying attention to.
davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/the-go-bet...
WHY TONY BLAIR IS WRONG ABOUT THE EU
Blair’s essay puts forward a “strategy” which is a wholly unrealistic attempt to avoid addressing the real trade-offs and challenges
By @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social
georgeperetzkc.substack.com/p/why-tony-b...
"Above all, we should start to stigmatise X usage for what it really is: a small and selfish part in making the world measurably worse."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
in case you thought the 301 was actually about forced labour
In June, Switzerland will vote on what is so far the most radical far-right popular initiative launched by the Swiss People‘s Party SVP: capping the population at 10M (currently ≈9.1M).
In this thread, I’ll break down what it’s about and how it fits into broader findings on Swiss direct democracy
FINAL POLLS: Today, the final @leewas.bsky.social polls before the vote were published. Contrary to some earlier surveys, they now show a slight majority *against* the proposal.
Yet the race remains extremely close, and ultimately depends on who actually turns out to vote bsky.app/profile/leew...
Good to see WTO Deputy Director-General DJ Nordquist call for her audience to urge the remaining 46 members to ratify the 2022 Fisheries Subsidies Agreement so that the remaining quarter of global marine fishing is covered.
www.wto.org/english/news...
Peter Ungphakorn
Peter Ungphakorn
Peter Ungphakorn
Peter Ungphakorn
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Guest Post by Karl P. Sauvant and Rajesh Aggarwal ·
At the March 2026 Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), India blocked the adoption of the Investment Facilitation for Deve...
Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
Deputy Director-General DJ Nordquist called for urgent action by WTO members to complete the acceptance and implementation of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies and to advance negotiations on additi...
𝐍𝐮𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝟏𝟎-𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧-𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐳: Gemäss der 2. Welle der @20min.ch /Tamedia-Umfrage von @leewas.bsky.social sagen 52% Nein zur SVP-Initiative (47% Ja, 1% Unentschiedene).
Die SVP-Basis stimmt geschlossen zu. Alle anderen Parteien lehnten die Volksinitiative ab
The Section 301 Forced Labor Import Ban Report
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On June 2, 2026, USTR released its report on its Section 301 investigation into acts, policies, and practices of various economies related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.
