Bridges Africa | Inaugural Issue Released!
Welcome to our new pan-Africa focussed periodical.
Bridges Africa delivers a unique, non-partisan monthly review of the main issues surrounding Africa’s international trade and sustainable development. Our news and opinion pieces provide analysis at the forefront of the trade policy challenges facing Africa from a sustainable development perspective. We particularly focus on the impacts of changing [...]
Bridges Weekly | Concerns over Protectionism, Currency Dominate Trade Agenda at Americas Summit
The impact of rich country monetary policy on Latin American economies and the rise of import restrictions in the latter both took centre stage last weekend as leaders from thirty Western Hemisphere countries gathered in Cartagena, Colombia. The Summit of the Americas also saw Washington and Bogotá establish the implementation date for their long-awaited trade [...]
Bridges Trade BioRes | India’s Environment Minister Links EU Aviation Scheme to UN Climate Talks
The EU’s controversial decision to include aviation under the bloc’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) has been dubbed a “deal breaker” for global climate talks by India’s environment minister, Jayanthi Natarajan. While the minister is India’s lead negotitor at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks, it is not clear if her comments reflect [...]
Passerelles | L’OMC au pied du mur: quelle direction donner au commerce multilatéral?
by Cheikh Tidiane Dieye
Le programme de Doha pour le développement reste dans l’impasse après dix années de négociations. C’est la conclusion à la laquelle les participants à la huitième conférence ministérielle de l’OMC tenue à Genève du 15 au 17 décembre 2011 sont parvenus. Sans surprise d’ailleurs, puisque l’issue de la conférence était, sinon souhaitée, [...]
Bridges Weekly | Brazilian President Cites Currency Concerns in White House Visit
Monetary policies in rich countries are putting emerging economies at risk, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told US President Barack Obama on Monday. The comments at the high-profile White House meeting come amid growing tension between developed and emerging economies over the impact of exchange rate policies on trade, which has led [...]