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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.

Dialogue

The Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability: Towards Enhanced International Cooperation on Trade and Climate

Co-hosted by Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand, Switzerland & TESS, this event explored the ACCTS and its implications.

12 December 2024
Expert View

Trading Our Way Out of Plastic Pollution: The Role of Sustainable Substitutes and Alternatives

Trade can play a key role in the transition to non-plastic substitutes and alternatives produced from natural resources.

Lorenzo Formenti & Henrique Pacini 28 November 2024
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
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Synergies Series

Reviving Multilateralism

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

Climate and Trade

Addressing the Climate Crisis and Supporting Climate-Resilient Development: Where Can the Trading System Contribute?