25 November 2021
- RSIS External PodcastsResponding To Trade Coercion: A Growing Threat To The Global Trading System
As growing trade coercion threatens the integrity of the global trade system, how can governments effectively respond? Trade coercion – where governments arbitrarily impose trade barriers on others to apply political and economic pressure – has unfortunately become common. As geopolitical tensions have increased in recent years, many governments have used trade as a weapon to threaten or punish others.
As growing trade coercion threatens the integrity of the global trade system, how can governments effectively respond? Trade coercion – where governments arbitrarily impose trade barriers on others to apply political and economic pressure – has unfortunately become common. As geopolitical tensions have increased in recent years, many governments have used trade as a weapon to threaten or punish others.