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Geneva keeps global governance alive with trade breakthrough

by Jing HsiaoEconomicsJuly 13, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Editorial Board, ANU Global uncertainties have given birth to pronouncements that range from nonsense to seriously dangerous such as that the WTO is dead and that globalisation has run…

Green shoots for multilateral trade cooperation?

by Jing HsiaoEconomicsJuly 13, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Bernard Hoekman, European University Institute After two COVID-19-related postponements, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) 12th ministerial conference (MC12) was held in Geneva from 12–17 June 2022. Expectations for a…

Supply chains catch a breath as China lifts zero-COVID

by Jing HsiaoTradeJuly 10, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Authors: Qingjiang Kong, China University of Political Science and Law and Weihuan Zhou, UNSW China’s zero-COVID-19 policy has had profound impacts on global supply chains due to the large-scale lockdown…

G20 follow up needed to consolidate progress at WTO ministerial conference

by Jing HsiaoEconomicsJuly 10, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Ken Heydon World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the measures agreed upon at the 12th WTO ministerial conference (MC12) on 12 June ‘will make a difference to…

Investing in the skills to accelerate equitable digital development

by Jing HsiaoDevelopmentJuly 10, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Cheng Wei Swee, AlphaBeta Asia’s digital economy has grown significantly in recent years, driven by factors such as national digitalisation efforts and COVID-19-induced changes in the use of digital…

Creating a win–win South Korean ODA agenda

by Jing HsiaoDevelopmentJuly 9, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Iain Watson, Ajou University In 2021, the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) reported that its member states’ official development assistance (ODA) amounted to 0.33 per cent of total gross…

Integrating online and offline settlement under regional trade agreements

by Jing HsiaoAsian VoicesJuly 9, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Pindar Wong, VeriFi Ltd Manufacturers in East Asia now have the option to settle trade under three major trade frameworks: the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the Comprehensive and…

Bridging the digital divide

by Jing HsiaoAsian VoicesJuly 9, 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutes Author: Yoonee Jeong, Asian Development Bank The Asia Pacific is both hyper-connected and under-connected. While the region hosts leaders in 5G and fibre rollouts, many developing countries are either largely…

Hainan’s free trade makeover masks its geopolitical significance

by Jing HsiaoTradeJuly 7, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Ngeow Chow Bing, University of Malaya Hainan has an important security function in the South China Sea — it is the province in which Sansha city claims to administer…

Metaverse — the latest chapter of the Splinternet?

by Jing HsiaoAsian VoicesJuly 7, 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutes Author: Nina Xiang, China Money Network The metaverse — a concept that initially appeared in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash — has been described as the next…

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