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Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General

In the midst of profound contemporary shifts and shocks facing humankind, a quarter of a century after its creation the WTO is evidently not where pressing trade problems are being solved. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a lens, this eBook offers insights into the underlying choices faced by WTO members and offers pragmatic suggestions for a WTO work programme over the next three years.

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Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds) (2020), ‘Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Evenett, S and R Baldwin, ‘Revitalising multilateral trade cooperation: Why? Why Now? And How?‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Jara, A (2020), ‘Against the clock: Eight steps to improve WTO crisis management‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Hoekman, B (2020), ‘COVID-19 trade policy measures, G20 declarations and WTO reform‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Low, P and R Wolfe (2020), ‘How the WTO kept talking: Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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González, A (2020), ‘Role of trade ministers at the WTO during crises: Activating global cooperation to overcome COVID-19‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Bhatia, U (2020), ‘COVID-19 and beyond: What the WTO can do‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Nicita, A and M Olarreaga (2020), ‘A crisis-era moratorium on tariff increases‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Heiland, I and K Ulltveit-Moe (2020), ‘Cumulative COVID-19 restrictions and the global maritime network‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Bosanquet, C and K Button (2020), ‘Reviving air transportation and global commerce‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Duval, Y (2020), ‘Lessons from the pandemic for trade facilitation and the WTO‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Miroudot, S (2020), ‘Lessons from the pandemic for trade cooperation on cross-border supply chains‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Freund, C and C McDaniel (2020), ‘Three steps to facilitate global distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Tu, X and S Li (2020), ‘Lessons from the pandemic for FDI screening practices‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Mikic, M and V Sharma (2020), ‘Feminising WTO 2.0‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Espitia, A, N Rocha and M Ruta (2020), ‘A pandemic trade deal: Trade and policy cooperation on medical goods‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Ambaw, D, P Draper and H Gao (2020), ‘Lessons from the pandemic for future WTO subsidy rules‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Kowalski, P (2020), ‘State ownership stakes before and during the COVID-19 corporate support measures: Implications for future international cooperat‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Evenett, S (2020), ‘COVID-19 as a catalyst for another bout of export mercantilism‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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van der Marel, E (2020), ‘Lessons from the pandemic for trade cooperation in digital services‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Winters, L (2020), ‘The temporary movement of natural persons (Mode 4): The need for a long view‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Ungphakorn, P (2020), ‘Lessons from the pandemic for WTO work on agricultural trade and support‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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Dhar, B (2020), ‘Technical regulations in the WTO: The need to improve transparency‘, in Evenett, S and R Baldwin (eds), Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/revitalising-multilateralism-pragmatic-ideas-new-wto-director

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