Social Policies for Sustainable Development & Trade

Abstract

International trade and trade policy have an important influence on how we live, from the prices we pay for goods and services to the performance of the various economic sectors in which we work or rely. While trade has the potential to promote low-carbon development, it can also be a hindrance depending on how trade policy is designed and implemented. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate commitments in the Paris Agreement pose fundamental challenges to trade policy, as does the fraying of multilateralism. We will discuss Social Policies for Sustainable Development and Trade in this paper.