Topic: International trade
How Trump weaponised the US budget bill overseas
Blog / 9th July 2025US headlines have been dominated by coverage of the many ways President Trump’s budget bill will gut healthcare programs and deepen economic inequality in the United States if it is passed into law.
Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it
Article / 18th February 2025Measures to address world hunger must start with its known causes and proven policies, not just 'moonshot' technological innovations, writes Jennifer Clapp.
WTO is unfit for purpose in an era of multiple crises
Blog / 29th February 2024A civil society statement to the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi calls for an alternative international trade framework based on food sovereignty.
As rich-poor divide widens between nations, UN urges reform
News / 16th September 2021A new report from the United Nations highlights divergent economic recoveries between nations and throws fresh urgency behind warnings that richer nations are not doing enough to help poorer countries from falling further behind as the world recovers from COVID-19 disruptions.
The WTO’s own policies have caused its existential crisis, which the COVID-19 crisis only amplified
News / 30th April 2021Over 200 organisations from 67 countries call for the transformation of the WTO into a completely new framework for international trade that is fit for the 21st century – which means it puts people and the planet first.
Illicit financial flows hinder development in Africa – the UN must rise to the challenge of ending this
Article / 29th January 2021Every year, US$88.6 billion leaves Africa in the form of illicit capital flight according to the 2020 report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Eine Einführung in das globale wirtschaftliche Teilen
Report / 16th November 2019In einer zunehmend ungleichen und nicht nachhaltigen Welt müssen die Regierungen dringend die restriktiven politischen und wirtschaftlichen Ideologien der Vergangenheit überwinden und Lösungen finden, die den gemeinsamen Bedürfnissen der Menschen in allen Ländern gerecht werden.
Financing international cooperation
Article / 28th November 2018The world must get serious about matching multilateral money with multilateral needs, and devote at least 2% of world income to global public goods. And the time has come to think again about new global taxes, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.
European governments are protecting big business over victims of human rights abuses
Blog / 12th October 2018World leaders will meet in Geneva next week to start negotiating a new international law to ensure companies respect human rights and the environment in their global operations. But a lack of support from European governments is putting this vital United Nations treaty at risk.
“We have to redefine policies for sustainable development”
Article / 20th July 2018Three years after its adoption, most governments have failed to turn the proclaimed transformational vision of the 2030 Agenda into real policies. But despite the many gloomy trends, there is still room for change, writes Jens Martens for IPS news.