Free trade
APEC Leaders: Practice What You Preach on Trade
IPN Press release
Alec van Gelder calls on APEC leaders to lead by example and reject protectionism
Free Trade for the Poorest
IPN Opinion article
The leaders of the UK's Trade Out of Poverty Campaign write about what the G20 could achieve if only it would focus on removing trade barriers
G20 MUST ACT NOW TO STOP ESCALATING PROTECTIONISM
IPN Press release
The global Freedom to Trade Campaign today challenges G20 leaders convening in Pittsburgh to focus on the biggest threat to economic recovery and long-term prosperity: escalating protectionism.
Don't throttle trade
IPN Opinion article
Trade barriers are springing up all over the world as protectionism rears its ugly head, led by the Buy American provisions of President Obama's stimulus package. This is doing real and increasing harm not just to trading partners but Americans themselves: free trade is the best way out of the global recession so we all need to fight for its survival.
When free trade means so little
IPN Opinion article
The new bilateral free-trade agreement between South Korea and India is not all it's cracked up to be: there are plenty of exceptions and the package will take 10 years to implement. An Indian and a South Korean analyst argue here that fully free trade is the best possible way of recovering from the global slump.
1000+ Leading Economists, Policy Makers and other Distinguished Persons Call on Governments to Reject Protectionism and Eliminate Trade Barriers
IPN Press release
Top economists urge G20 to embrace free trade
IPN News coverage
Reuters reports on the Freedom to Trade launch in London on 1 April.
Protectionism: Alluring but Deadly
IPN Opinion article
Widespread threats and fears of protectionism reflect the experience of the Depression in the '30s but the world economy is very different now: connected international production, consumption and investment mean that protectionists would be poking themselves in the eye. They would also be breaking WTO rules and other agreements that did not exist before. Dan Ikenson offers an optimistic but utterly realistic ray of hope amid the stories of doom and gloom.
