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Foreign Press PodcastDigital Trade Revolution: What’s at Stake if the WTO Fails its Global E-Commerce Deal?There's been a major breakthrough in the realm of digital trade. Over 80 WTO members have released a "stabilized text" for the Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce, marking a significant step in global trade rules.
On today's episode, Dr. Deborah Elms, the Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation, unpacks the importance of this agreement and its potential impact on the future of digital trade.
Prior to joining the Hinrich Foundation, Dr. Elms was the Executive Director and Founder of the Asian Trade Centre (ATC). She was also President of the Asia Business Trade As...2024-08-2039 min
The Hinrich Foundation Trade PodcastSpecial Ep. - Why the WTO can't find a path to consensusIn this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, Alan Herrera of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States (AFPC-USA) and Hinrich Foundation Head of Trade Policy Deborah Elms explore the complexities of decision-making within the World Trade Organization (WTO) as the 13th Ministerial Conference looms.---Getting 166 diverse staff to agree on a single lunch order without a boss is a difficult exercise. This is, roughly, an analogy to the situation facing the WTO. Consensus-based decision making has become increasingly strenuous as membership grows and th...2024-02-2037 min
Foreign Press PodcastWhy Can't the WTO Find a Path to Consensus: What to Expect with MC13 on the HorizonThe challenges impacting the World Trade Organization's decision-making are front and center as the organization prepares for its 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), whose success the East Asia Forum described as "critical to the liberal trading order." But why can't the organization find a path to consensus and how will the issues surrounding dispute settlement resolutions impact the multilateral trading system? Our special guest Dr. Deborah Elms, Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation, joined us for an insightful discussion on the hurdles WTO members face in reaching agreements while unraveling the significance of MC13 for the future of g...2024-02-0737 min
The Hinrich Foundation Trade PodcastSpecial Ep. - Decarbonizing the global steel industryIn this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, guest host Nii Akrofi Smart-Abbey from the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States (AFPC-USA) and Executive Director of Asia Trade Center Deborah Elms, discuss how lack of standardization is proving to be a challenge in decarbonizing the steel industry. Iron and steel production accounts for 8% of annual carbon emissions, according to a WTO climate change brief on decarbonizing the steel industry, and global steel production has tripled in the past 50 years with 1.8 billion tons produced in 2020. This is...2023-08-1625 min
Foreign Press PodcastDecarbonizing the Global Steel IndustrySteel is nearly everywhere in our daily lives; from construction to the cars we drive. Although vital to our modern industry and economy, the methods for producing steel are impacting our climate. According to the World Steel Association, the sector produced between 7 and 9 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Center and President of the Asia Business Trade Association, Dr. Deborah Elms, walks us through the challenges of the steel industry and plans to decarbonize the sector.
This podcast is produced in partnership with the Hinrich
Foundation. The AFPC-USA is...2023-08-1125 min