Trade and Development

Trade is a powerful engine. But who is driving the engine? And what else needs to be done to let all parts of society benefit from trade policy? We try to empower those who are not yet the main beneficiaries of the current trade policy regime. Trade policy should not be dealt with in isolation which is why we link trade policy with other policy areas such as human rights and labour rights. We have our finger on the pulse of emerging issues in the area of investment policy, digitalization, and illicit financial flows – areas which are of critical importance for development. Based in Geneva, we are following closely the discussions at the WTO, UNCTAD, ILO, ITC and of the various bodies of the UN Human Rights System in our economic related projects.

Media

30.05.2025 | 2025, Trade and Development | Media Center

How should a just and sustainable agreement for international agriculture trade look like?

Read now: First working paper of the “Agreement on Agriculture Re-Imagined” project


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08.05.2025 | 2025, Trade and Development | Media Center

Human rights impact assessments in trade agreements

Elaborating a short and practical guide for HRIA


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Events

Tuesday, 18.03.2025 | 2025, Trade and Development | Event

Side event during the 14th UNCTAD International Debt Management Conference in Geneva, 17-19 March 2025


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Thursday, 20.02.2025 - Online | 2025, Trade and Development | Event

How digital trade can empower African economies and workers.


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Friday, 08.11.2024 - Geneva, Switzerland | 2024, Trade and Development | Event

The so‐called geoeconomic turn in global trade policy‐making has changed the context in which the European Union positions itself as a trade actor.…


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Publications

Competitive International Partnerships

Competitive International Partnerships

Instruments, Partner Demands, and Reforms for the socio-ecological transformation
Bonn, 2025

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Mont Blanc trade news

WTO MC13 special edition
Geneve, 2024

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Tariffs and human rights

Gérout, Guillaume; Cren-Larvor, Anaïs

Tariffs and human rights

A pilot analysis of the AfCFTA tariff schedules
Bonn, 2024

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Gender equality in WTO trade policy reviews

Dommen, Caroline

Gender equality in WTO trade policy reviews

The case of Germany
Bonn, 2023

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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

United Nations and Global Dialogue, Office Geneva

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Contact

 

Contact

Yvonne Bartmann

Senior Program Officer
Trade – Development and Human Rights

yvonne.bartmann(at)fes.de