International Trade, Investment, and the Sustainable Development Goals: World Trade Forum

Cosimo Beverelli · Jürgen Kurtz · Damian Raess

Oct 2020 · Cambridge University Press

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In September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a distinctive approach to development that moves away from a narrow perspective on economic development to an integrative agenda that simultaneously pursues ecological, social and economic goals. Trade and foreign investment are important economic vectors through which many of these goals can be achieved. Much depends, however, on whether and how SDGs are incorporated in international trade and investment agreements, and in private or public sector initiatives. Policymakers are also confronted with the interdependence of the SDGs which raises difficult trade-offs between various Goals. The contributions in this book explore the penetration and trade-offs of the SDGs, drawing on a multi-disciplinary approach incorporating insights from economists, lawyers and political scientists. The book offers a valuable guide for scholars and policy makers in identifying and evaluating the complex challenges related to sustainable development.

About the author

Cosimo Beverelli is a research economist at the WTO and programme associate in the Global Governance Programme, European University Institute. He has published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of International Economics, on the effects of international fragmentation of production, the impact of services trade policies on manufacturing, trade facilitation, trade policy substitution, and international migration.

Jürgen Kurtz is Professor of International Economic Law at the European University Institute. His most recent book is The WTO and International Investment Law: Converging Systems (2016). Professor Kurtz has acted as an ICSID arbitrator and serves on the editorial boards of Journal of International Dispute Settlement and Journal of World Investment and Trade.

Damian Raess is SNSF Assistant Professor in Political Science at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern, specializing in international political economy. He is the co-author of the LABPTA dataset, which provides detailed information that documents key features of labor provisions across preferential trade agreements signed from 1990 onwards.

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