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13th WTO Ministerial Conference: Set the Priorities right

Daniel Bertossa appeals to the WTO Ministerial Conference to prioritise the development agenda and the public interest.


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Expectations for the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi

The FES Geneva reports on the MC13 in three issues of its "Mont Blanc Trade News". At the beginning of the conference, with representatives from...


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China’s international development cooperation. History, Development Finance Apparatus, and Case Studies from Africa

Beijing is one of the world's largest donors of development aid and uses development financing as a foreign policy instrument. A new analysis of FES...


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Plakat auf einer Klimademo mit der Aufschrift: «There is no Planet B»

Why Climate Change and Human Rights are Connected

What are the obligations of states to protect the human rights of those affected by climate change?


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Veranstaltungsgrafik mit einem Portrait von der Menschenrechtsaktivistin Shaharzad Akbar. Text: FES-Menschenrechtspreis 2023. Shaharzad Akbar

FES Human Rights Award 2023

to Shaharzad Akbar, human rights activist and former Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC). Please register for...


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China's global health diplomacy

In its pursuit to reform the international order, Beijing views third (developing) states as its main allies and health diplomacy as an essential tool...


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In Search for Consensus. A Sovereign Insolvency Procedure as a Way Out of the Debt Crisis?

“The issue of sustainable debt is probably one of the biggest challenges we're currently facing. We are talking about fighting climate change, we're...


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China’s Role in the Multilateral Trade System

A recent analysis conducted by the FES explains what is driving Beijing’s foreign trade policy and reflects on how Europe should respond.


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Solving global debt crises, involving private creditors – the role of national legislation in G7 countries

Three experts in the field of sovereign debt in a video interview with the FES and erlassjahr.de.

 


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G20 debt relief initiatives: Time to act

Many countries in the Global South are facing economic and social collapse if the G20 debt relief initiatives are not improved and implemented with...


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