Inu Manak

After seventy-six meetings (and counting) in the last two years, WTO Members are the closest they have ever been to getting a deal on fisheries subsidies in two decades. An agreement is needed not only for the health of the world’s oceans, but also for the credibility of the organization’s consensus-based approach.

For those looking for a definite signal on where U.S. trade policy towards China is going, this week’s announcement was a disappointment.

Since most of the rules from NAFTA carried over to USMCA, implementation has proceeded swiftly, despite a pandemic, and far beyond what could be reasonably expected for any trade agreement that created an entirely new set of rules.

To ensure the WTO remains fit for purpose, members should pursue changes in three areas: dispute settlement, negotiations and the WTO’s monitoring function.

In a bid to leave his mark on Mexico’s energy sector, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is rolling back reforms by his predecessor Enrique Peña Nieto that were designed to increase competition in the energy market.

Canada’s assessment of the USMCA has broad implications for how we should think about evaluating the impact of trade agreements in the future.

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the new trade agreement for North America. 

Congress should not give up its authority to regulate foreign commerce, and should actively push to rein in the abuses of the executive in trade policy.