Q&A: Iran War special - who will replace the Ayatollah? Podcast Episode · Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files · 4 March · Bonus · 31m

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Trump's Iran War: what's the actual plan? Podcast Episode · Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files · 2 March · 44m

One of the best commentaries on the topic
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Wow.

Factsheet - EU-India Free Trade Agreement: Main benefits Strengthening economic and political ties at a time of rising geopolitical tensions and global economic challenges.

Factsheet - EU-India Free Trade Agreement: Main benefits - Trade and Economic Security policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-rel...

Greenland, Trump and trade coercion Podcast Episode · Trade Bites · 28/01/2026 · 36m

Sensible discussion on most recent events in trade and geopolitics podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...

America’s Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs? - Kiel Institute

It has always been down to empirical research, rather than the theorem, but now we know (again!)

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In the meantime, while everyone is distracted ...

Why Is This Man Smiling? Because he may be getting exactly what he wants

Why Is This Man Smiling?
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Kennedy Said His Dietary Advisers Would Have ‘No Conflicts of Interest.’ Some Did.

RFK Jr. has said previous dietary guidelines were untrustworthy because advisers had ties to food-industry groups. But so do several advisers on his dietary guidelines — just different parts of the industry, including red meat and dairy.

“UNINVESTABLE” — have we found the 2026 Word of the Year… in January?

The Looting of US Foreign Policy Goodbye, national interest. Hello, ego gratification and profits for the ruling clique.

This is well worth reading even though it only deepens our depression and frustration
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Gen Z Is Making Politics Hopeful Again Ngaire Woods highlights global efforts by youth-led movements to confront leaders who ignore popular demands.

Gen Z Is Making Politics Hopeful Again by Ngaire Woods @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/xP222r9?refe...

Told you so.

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Wishing all ARTNeT members a prosperous and fulfilling year 2026, with heartfelt thanks for your invaluable participation and support as we celebrate 20 years of the ARTNeT community and its activities.

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Sherry Stephenson and I recently published a blog @ARTNeT highlighting how trade agreements in the Asia Pacific have not kept pace with those in other regions in pro-actively promoting and defending the trade interests of Indigenous Peoples.
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Enabling Services Trade through Digital Trade Regulatory integration: Sharing Experience from Asia-Pacific

📅When: 4 December 2025, 11:30 - 13:00 CET
📍Where: Geneva (Hybrid) at the WTO-World Bank Trade in Services for Development: A Global Conference.
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Join us for the 5th Session of the FMG High-Level Dialogue Series on the Future of WTO Reform
Guest: Ambassador Amina Mohamed, Chair TNIF
🗓️ Thursday, 23 October 2025
🕒 15:00–16:00 CET
🎙️ Moderator: Patrick Low (FMG)
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#WTO #TradePolicy #Multilateralism

Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.

Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Women have limited access to digital technologies. How can this change? | Experts’ Opinions Women in developing countries face significant challenges in accessing digital technology, ranging from financial constraints to restrictive social norms. What solutions can help to bridge this digita...

We’ve known the problem. We’ve tested the solutions. Now scale them. I contributed to this piece on closing the digital gender gap—affordability + skills + norm change + design that includes women from day one.
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Women have limited access to digital technologies. How can this change? | Experts’ Opinions Women in developing countries face significant challenges in accessing digital technology, ranging from financial constraints to restrictive social norms. What solutions can help to bridge this digita...

Proud to contribute to this DevelopmentAid expert view. Bottom line: without gender-responsive policy, digitalization deepens gaps. With it, we unlock skills, markets, and agency for millions of women. Time to act.
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#ICT4D #Inclusion

Looking forward to this event to present and discuss work that took Sherry Stephenson and me many months to complete. We would appreciate your participation in the event. More information and the link to the registration below, but just in case copy it here too: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Kimmel: "Disney has asked me to read the following statement and I agreed to do it. 'To reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account ... '"

in case you read Korean...or can use Google translate...my interview after APEC SOM3

I guess there is no need to make a movie based on Lewis's 'It can't happen here'. It is just a reality show now.

Friends on Multilateralism Group Webinar featuring
the OECD Supply Chain Resilience Review. Presenter Marion Jansen and discussant Peter Draper.
Wednesday 23rd July 2025, 10:00-11:30 pm (Geneva)
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The PM should invite Mark Carney for an official visit and address to Parliament before Trump’s visit.

It would show Britain backs Canada against Trump’s damaging trade war. Now is the time to stand with the Commonwealth, not stand in Trump’s shadow like Nigel Farage.

I Don't Disapprove of Trump's Strategy, Because He Doesn't Have One When you're a Tariff Man, you don't need reasons

I Don't Disapprove of Trump's Strategy, Because He Doesn't Have One
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What Manufacturing Production Is Not Good For Why chasing factory jobs for their own sake really is a dead end—and what policymakers should do instead. It is unions and social-insurance states, not assembly lines, that hold the key to global...

What Manufacturing Production Is Not Good For
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E-Forum: The Harmful Shift in Global Trade Relations and the Developing Asia-Pacific Countries | ARTNeT E-Forum: Global trade is undergoing a troubling transformation, marked by an erosion of foundational principles such as non-discrimination and Most Favoured Nation (MFN) treatment. This shift, led by ...

Proud!

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The Economic Consequences of Destroying Harvard Freedom is on the line. But so are jobs.

The Economic Consequences of Destroying Harvard
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