AM18 Global Situation Space | The Big Picture on Trade
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2018-04-13

Harvard’s Mark Wu traces the different perspectives that are currently shaping the impasse on multilateral trade talks – variations on a ‘globalist’ view that prioritizes growth, and a ‘reciprocity’ view that prioritizes considerations of fairness. Scott Vaughan of the International Institute for Sustainable Development explains why discussions about global trade need to pay special attention to goods that have an environmental component, from palm oil to photovoltaics.