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Our dialogues, publications, and other activities on evolving and emerging policy developments in the area of standards and regulations.

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Synergies

Welcome to Synergies, the TESS blog dedicated to promoting inclusive policy dialogue at the intersection of trade, environment, and sustainable development.

Publication - Briefing Note

Carbon Markets – Trade, Climate, and Net Zero Pathways: Scenarios and Implications for Developing Countries and Climate-Resilient Development

International carbon markets hold promise to tap additional and private sector funding to developing countries.

Scott Vaughan 04 October 2024
Dialogue

WTO Public Forum Session - Addressing Environmentally Harmful Agricultural Subsidies Through the WTO

The public forum session explored options to tackle environmentally harmful agriculture subsidies through the WTO.

12 September 2024
Publication - Compilation

Reviving Multilateralism: From Vision to Action on Trade and Sustainability at the WTO

A compilation of expert views published in Synergies and curated by TESS.

TESS 12 September 2024
Expert View

Making a Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanism Work for Climate, Trade, and Equity

The WTO could play a constructive role to enhance understanding of carbon border adjustment mechanisms.

Kasturi Das & Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay 29 August 2024
Expert View

The Emerging Principle of Common Concern of Humankind and International Trade Regulation

Common Concern of Humankind has the potential to support the application and interpretation of existing trade law.

Thomas Cottier 07 August 2024
Expert View

Unlocking the Potential of International Trade to Promote a Global Secondary Market and the Transition to a Circular Economy: What Role for the WTO?

The transition to a circular economy must be based on multilateral collaboration and coordination.

Antoine Oger & Pierre Leturcq 28 June 2024
Dialogue

Roundtable on Trade, Sustainability, and Circularity in the Textiles Sector: Perspectives on Trade in Second Hand Textiles

The roundtable addressed sustainable development considerations in used textiles trade.

03 June 2024
News - News

TESS Contributes to Working Group Meetings of the WTO Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions

TESSD deliberations should move towards specific discussions on options for collective action and concrete results.

17 April 2024
Expert View

Greening Supply Chains: Sleepwalking Into a New Era of Trade Policy?

Trade negotiators are advised to become acquainted with the dynamics of the environmental and financial communities.

Marion Jansen 07 March 2024
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Synergies Series

Reviving Multilateralism

From Vision to Action on Trade and Sustainability at the WTO.

Climate and Trade

Trade Cooperation and the Climate Crisis: Where Can the Trading System Contribute?