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This, to a large extent, has been the case with Nigeria and the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Carbon border adjustment mechanisms: Will innovative climate policy launch a trade war? The ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe plant in Duisburg, Germany, on January 7, 2020. Photo by Leon Kuegeler/Reuters. The Biden administration may only be several months old, but its statements and actions have already raised the global profile of climate issues. The new climate czar, John Kerry, has been traveling the world to secure bilateral pledges of more aggressive action to combat climate change. And expectat...

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   On 5 March, the new Director-General met with the Group of Least Developed Countries as well as the Friends of the System, an alliance of small and mid-sized members from different regions and development levels that are committed to a well-functioning multilateral trading system. DG Okonjo-Iweala also addressed the first meeting of the Structured Discussions on Trade and Environmental Sustainability, at the invitation of the 53-member group that is exploring ways trade and the WTO ...