PAST EVENT
Monday, November 09, 2009
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
While developing countries struggle to improve their economic status in an environment of increased globalization and trade, the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement mechanism continues to disproportionately benefit wealthy nations. On November 9, Brookings held a discussion on recent efforts and suggested proposals to help developing countries overcome hurdles imposed by the WTO. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Eswar Prasad, September 14, 2009, The Wall Street Journal
The Obama administration's decision to impose tariffs on imports of Chinese tires has been met with a swift and sharp response by China. Eswar Prasad discusses the implications of protectionist measures and warns this U.S.-China spat could have global consequences. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Chad P. Bown, August 28, 2009, The Financial Times
The Obama Administration faces a new trade dilemma — the possibility of imposing new import restrictions on Chinese tyres. Chad P. Bown discusses the element of protectionism and offers ways in which the U.S. can address this issue. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Chad P. Bown, August 06, 2009, The Wall Street Journal
Chad Bown examines a new set of data from the World Bank's Global Antidumping Database to find emerging trends in trade policy and protectionism. As global economies continue to feel the effect of the financial crisis, protectionist measures have increased 31% and trends point to a new wave of global protectionism. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Chad P. Bown, July 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Chad P. Bown finds that although the G-20 committed to reduce trade protectionism and barriers following the start of the financial crisis, almost all of them have turned to trade “remedy” policy instruments in response to domestic industry demands for protection from import competition. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Chad P. Bown, June 09, 2009, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
The political handling of the ongoing U.S.–China trade disputes is critically important both to the international trade system and the long-term relevance of the WTO. In an article in the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Chad P. Bown explains what to expect from both sides and which issues are likely to emerge along the way. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Chad P. Bown, May 11, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Despite G-20 promises to reduce trade protectionism and barriers, Chad P. Bown shows through new data and a new report that protectionism increased and spread 18.8 percent during the first quarter of 2009. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Michael Ferrantino, Robert Koopman, Zhi Wang, Falan Yinug, Ling Chen, Fengjie Qu and Haifeng Wang, May 01, 2008, Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series
The Brookings-Tsinghua Center hosted a roundtable on September 6, 2007 titled “China’s Economic Policies” featuring top scholars and experts from U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). This topic is a point of interest in U.S.-China relations. Participants in that roundtable will be featured in a joint research working paper series between USITC, school of public policy and management at Tsinghua University and Institute of International Economics at NDRC of China. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Philip H. Gordon and Edward Joseph, September 27, 2007, International Herald Tribune
Brookings Senior Fellow Philip Gordon and Edward Joseph, visiting scholar at SAIS, note that attention is once again on the U.S. as presidential elections near. They argue that "when Europeans show themselves to be responsible, capable partners, they bolster multilateralists in America." Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Paul Blustein, July 09, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Opinion by Paul Blustein, The Brookings Institution (07/09/07) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Chad P. Bown, April 13, 2007, washingtonpost.com
Opinion by Chad P. Bown, Washington Post (4/13/07) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bernard M. Hoekman and Chad P. Bown, February 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Poor countries are rarely challenged in formal WTO trade disputes for failing to live up to commitments, reducing the benefits of their participation in international trade agreements. This paper examines the political-economic causes of the failure to challenge poor countries and discusses the static and dynamic costs and externality implications of this failure. Given the weak incentives to enforce WTO rules and disciplines against small and poor members, bolstering the transparency function of the WTO is important to make trade agreements more relevant to trade constituencies in developing countries. While our focus is on the WTO system, our arguments also apply to reciprocal North-South trade agreements Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard, July 28, 2006, The Washington Post
An Opinion by Lael Brainard about the breakdowns of the Doha Negotiations Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard, December 05, 2005, The Brookings Institution
Interview with Lael Brainard The Brookings Institution (12/5/05) Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, June 02, 2005
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
Brookings's Center on the United States and Europe and the Poverty and Global Economy Initiative assembled a group of experts to unravel and assess the implications of the Boeing-Airbus trade dispute for transatlantic relations and global trade. Read More