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How coronavirus is changing the rules on foreign investment in essential areas
Anastasia Ufimtseva, Daniel Shapiro, Jing Li, The conversation Despite the G20 commitment to keep foreign direct investment (FDI) and...
Ideas for US-India cooperation on trade in the health sector in the time of COVID-19
Mark Linscott, Atlantic Council According to Global Trade Alert, fifty-four countries have applied new trade restrictions on medical...
The New Normal: Virtual summits and Conference Calls
Andreas Sandre, Medium “Diplomacy never stops”, digital diplomacy at all time high with summits and virtual meetings involving the G7,...
America, China and saving the WHO
Kevin Rudd, The Economist The crisis exposes realities for what they are. The uncomfortable truth about the current coronavirus crisis is...
How global public health could revive multilateralism
Arancha Gonzalez, Public Syndicate In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, national responses are vital, but in the medium term,...
Focus on multilateralism in anti-virus fight
Sun Zhuangzhi, China Daily The novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc in almost all countries and there is no sign of the outbreak slowing....
Global and regional governance: Initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Elena Lazarou, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of...
Assessing the G20 virtual summit
Matthew P. Goodman, Stephanie Segal and Mark Sobel, Center for Strategic & International Studies Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20)...
The Multilateral system still cannot get its act together on COVID-19
Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, international cooperation has been missing...
Economic diplomacy: Fighting global pandemics from the G20 to ASEAN
Greg Earl, The Interpreter by Lowy Institute Australia and Singapore have signed a new bilateral agreement on digital trade via an online...
Business and workers unite in call for international cooperation on COVID-19
International Chamber of Commerce The world’s business and workers’ organisations have joined forces to issue an open letter calling on...
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