Contents
Foreword
Introduction and recommendations for the G20
Richard Baldwin and Simon J. Evenett
PART I: CAPSTONE ESSAYS
Protectionism and the global economic crisis – the role of trade in the response
Simon Crean
The multilateral trading system: a response to its challengers
Ernesto Zedillo
Keeping borders open: why is it important for Latin America and what can the region do about it?
Luis Alberto Moreno
Jobs, global trade and the perils of protectionism: the imperative of restoring confidence
Victor K. Fung
What can the G20 do on trade that can benefit Africa?
African Development Bank Secretariat
East Asia must share Obama’s leadership to keep trade open
Hadi Soesastro
Protectionism and the crisis
Anne KruegerThe Lithium President: fight protectionism with more passion
Jagdish Bhagwati
PART II: IN-DEPTH ANALYSES AND PROPOSALS
The collapse of global trade: the role of vertical specialisation
Kei-Mu Yi
Trade protection: incipient but worrisome trends
Elisa Gamberoni and Richard Newfarmer
Protectionism is on the rise: antidumping import investigations up to 31% in 2008
Chad P. Bown
Commodities, export subsidies, and African trade during the slump
Tonia Kandiero, Abdul Kamara and Léonce Ndikumana
G20 surveillance of harmful trade measures
Peter Gallagher and Andrew L. Stoler
Disavowing protectionism: a strengthened G20 standstill and surveillance
Biswajit Dhar, Simon Evenett, Guoqiang Long, Andre Meloni Nassar, Stefan Tangermann and Alberto Trejos
Restoring trade finance: what the G20 can do
Marc Auboin
Bailouts: how to discourage a subsidies war
Simon J. Evenett and Frédéric Jenny
Public procurement: focus on people, value for money and systemic integrity, not protectionsim
Steven L. Schooner and Christoper R. Yukins
Resist green protectionism – or pay the price at Copenhagen
Simon J. Evenett and John Whalley
Keep the trade flowing by cutting red tape
Gerard McLinden