Analysis of the Overcapacity and Overfishing Pillar of the WTO Fisheries Subsidies NegotiationsBy Peter Lunenborg
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.6 asks World Trade Organization (WTO) Members to “prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute (more...)
USMCA debe ser enmendado para asegurar el acceso a medicamentos en MéxicoPor Maria Fabiana Jorge
El capítulo del U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)/Tratado entre México, los Estados Unidos y el Canadá (T-MEC) dedicado a los derechos de propiedad intelectual (DPI) (more...)
The USMCA must be amended to ensure access to affordable drugs in MexicoBy Maria Fabiana Jorge
The intellectual property rights (IPRs) chapter of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA) grants longer and broader monopolies to originator pharmaceutical companies than those (more...)
Exchange of Information: Indian Experience, Developing Country ImplicationsBy Jahanzeb Akhtar
Exchange of tax-related information between countries is a critical tool for addressing information asymmetries between governments and taxpayers that facilitate tax (more...)
The following article is based on a South Centre Policy Brief on AMR that focuses on problems and issues facing developing countries in confronting the AMR crisis.By Mirza Alas and Viviana Muñoz TellezIntroduction
There is a need to (more...)
The antimicrobial resistance crisis will affect developing countries the most. Yet they are not well prepared to tackle it. This is part of a paper used by Martin Khor when speaking at a panel at the High-Level Event on AMR at the UN General Assembly in September 2016 and updated for the (more...)
By Mirza Alas and Viviana Muñoz Tellez
On March 1st 2017, the South Centre together with the United Nations (UN) Secretariat of the High Level Panel on Access to Medicines, and co-sponsored by the Governments of India, Brazil and South Africa, held an event on the Report of (more...)
A new protectionist device is being planned in the United States that could devastate the exports of developing countries and cause American and other foreign companies to relocate. The complexities and implications of the proposed border adjustment tax are explained in this article. (more...)
UNCTAD organized a special event of the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on 26 October 2016 in New York on “SOVEREIGN DEBT RESTRUCTURINGS: Lessons learned from legislative steps taken by certain countries and other appropriate action to reduce the vulnerability of (more...)
The United States, champion of the free trade paradigm, is itself now criticizing it, with President Trump taking the country on a protectionist road.This article, by a prominent Peruvian economist, points out the flaws of the orthodox paradigm which has caused (more...)
Mr. Donald Trump’s first weeks as US President have sent shockwaves around the world, and it is the developing countries that will be most affected. This article by the South Centre’s Executive Director reviews the implications of Trump’s initial policies, including the blocking of (more...)
