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Article: BEYOND CARBON:WHY INCLUSIVE TRADE MUST BE CENTRAL TO SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL POLICY CTIL Magazine – 9th Anniversary Edition, “The Emerging Sustainability Landscape: Responding to Shifting Winds”, Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL), Indian
Contribution to the 9th Anniversary Edition of the CTIL Magazine, published by the Centre for Trade and Investment Law with the support of India’s Department of Commerce and the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, under the editorship of Prof. James…
Gender Equality in Trade Agreements: The Illusion of Inclusion by Imitation”, Journal of International Economic Law.
Article accepted for publication, analysing whether gender provisions in trade agreements are copied from existing templates and what this imitation Document:https://academic.oup.com/jiel/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jiel…
Book chapter: “Integrating Gender Considerations in Trade Agreements: An Experiential Look at Focus Areas”, in The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law, Cambridge University Press.
Chapter (pp. 471–494; with Nadia Hasham, Chin Lim and Joel Trachtman) offering a practice-based look at the focus areas for integrating gender considerations in trade agreements. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404413470_Integrating_Gender…
Policy paper: “Trade Agreements and Disability Inclusion: Demystifying the Disconnect Between Barriers and Policy Solutions”, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and TAF2+.
Paper identifying the barriers persons with disabilities face in trade and the disconnect between those barriers and the policy solutions currently found in trade agreements.
Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, and Digital Trade across Borders in Africa: Pathways to Inclusive Policy, With a Focus on Nigeria
This paper examines how artificial intelligence (AI), e-commerce, and digital trade are reshaping global trade systems and what these changes mean for Africa in general and particularly for Nigeria. These three elements now sit at the centre of…
Comercio electrónico transfronterizo en Centroamérica: los casos de Costa Rica, El Salvador y Guatemala
Este capítulo examina la intersección del género y el comercio digital en Costa Rica, El Salvador y Guatemala, basándose en la comprensión de que el desarrollo sostenible en el siglo XXI debe ser humano, equitativo e inclusivo. Explora cómo el…
Boosting the intra-African digital trade in the AfCFTA context: does regulatory framework matter?
Digital trade is one of the promising areas for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and a factor of succcess of the African Union Digital Transformation Strategy (DTS) for Africa (2020–2030). However, the benefts of digital trade are…
Inclusive Trade Through Online Presence
Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have reduced trade costs providing enterprises greater opportunity to access international markets. Using the World Bank's enterprise survey data covering more than 180 000 enterprises from…
Progressive Trade: Labour and Gender, Oxford University Press
This chapter provides an overview of the growing influence of both labour standards and gender equality concerns in contemporary trade debates, and in particular how existing FTAs have increasingly accommodated both types of issues. In the following…
CAN THE CPTPP HELP? THE (UN)EXPECTED ROLES OF THE CPTPP TO ERADICATE FORCED LABOR ISSUES IN TAIWANESE DISTANT WATER FISHERIES
Labor rights and working conditions may be affected if international trade and investment agreements are concluded between contracting parties. Some assert that these agreements advance states’ labor conditions because boosting economic activities…