Trade and FDI

Trade growth to slow sharply in 2023 as global economy faces strong headwinds

https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres22_e/pr909_e.htm#:~:text=The%20new%20WTO%20forecast%20estimates,than%20what%20was%20previously%20projected

TOUGH TRADE: THE HIDDEN COSTS OF ECONOMIC COERCION

https://ecfr.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Tough-trade-The-hidden-costs-of-economic-coercion_Hackenbroich.pdf

Could Africa replace China as the world’s source of rare earth elements?

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2022/12/29/could-africa-replace-china-as-the-worlds-source-of-rare-earth-elements/?utm_campaign=Brookings%20Brief&utm_medium=email&utm_content=240276209&utm_source=hs_email

UN Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS)

https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/V23/004/26/PDF/V2300426.pdf?OpenElement

The WTO Joint Initiative on Investment Facilitation for Development: Evolution from 2022 and the road to MC13

https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2023-03/joint-initiative-investment-facilitation-mc13-en.pdf

Manufacturing and Liberty

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/01/08/manufacturing-and-liberty/

The Windsor Framework – What Has Been Agreed and What It Means for the Northern Ireland Protocol

https://www.institute.global/insights/geopolitics-and-security/windsor-framework-what-has-been-agreed-and-what-it-means-northern-ireland-protocol

CEFTA: Trade and Growth Patterns Fifteen Years since Establishment

https://wiiw.ac.at/cefta-trade-and-growth-patterns-fifteen-years-since-establishment-dlp-6508.pdf