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Former director-general of the WTO, Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand

TPP risks a weaker global trading system, says ex-WTO head

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a step backwards to the days before the World Trade Organisation when the the US and Europe controlled the global trading system to the detriment of developing ec

Wed, 11 Jul 2018

Apec executive director Alan Bollard says even base industries such as steel and aluminium are now caught up in complex supply chains.

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Tariff war talk overdone

Opinion: Trade liberalisation has moved from tariffs to other areas that remove bottlenecks in the global flow of goods and services.

Fri, 16 Mar 2018

Former WTO head Supachai Panitchpakdi says poorer nations are missing out on the free-trade action.

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Former WTO head sees Asia's rival free trade pacts as 'divisive'

Trade's role in lifting countries out of poverty is being overtaken by geopolitical interests of major powers.

Nevil Gibson

Thu, 15 Mar 2018

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