At the Center on Inclusive Trade and Development, we are continuing Georgetown's legacy as a leader in international trade law by building a first-of-its-kind, interdisciplinary research hub.
CITD was founded in 2022 to bring together scholars, students, practitioners, NGOs, business and labor leaders, and international organizations to find solutions to the challenges facing the international trading system and develop global approaches to making trade rules more inclusive and sustainable.
February 7, 2025Upcoming Event - Click for details and RSVP
The McCourt School of Public Policy and the Georgetown University Law Center invite you to Democracy and the Rule of Law Under Pressure, a one-day symposium that will bring together leading scholars and policy practitioners concerned about the erosion of democracy and the rule of law after a year of decisive elections.
This event will take place on Friday, February 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET at 125 E Street NW and include four panel discussions among experts and a concluding dialogue between Anne Applebaum of Johns Hopkins University and Daniel Ziblatt of Harvard University.
A reception will follow the conclusion of the symposium.
This symposium is co-hosted by R. Daniel Kelemen (McCourt Chair) and Gregory Shaffer (Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of International Law), with support from Georgetown’s Mortara Center for International Studies and the BMW Center for German and European Studies with co-sponsorship by Georgetown Law’s Center on Congress and Democracy and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
February 21, 2024Blog by Emilie Kerstens, Michiru Ishihara, Sae Kobayashi
In February 2024, trade ministers will convene for the 13th edition of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) biennial Ministerial Conference (MC13). Historically, these negotiations have proven challenging, often yielding limited outcomes. The preceding Ministerial Conference (MC12) required hard-won compromises resulting in a limited patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, an incomplete fisheries subsidies agreement, narrow disciplines related to export restrictions to ease food insecurity, and broad commitments toward WTO reform. Thirty years after the creation of the WTO, there are concerns about its relevance. These concerns stem from perceptions that its three critical functions –negotiation, dispute settlement, and transparency through monitoring– are inadequate in addressing the challenges posed by climate change, the digital divide, and the proliferation of investment restrictions, economic sanctions, economic coercion, and industrial and agricultural subsidies. At the heart of these discussions lies the efficacy of the WTO in navigating contemporary challenges, raising questions about its adaptability in a world marked by a polycrisis. Hence, the question remains: how might MC13 contribute to shape the future of world trade?
On November 1st, Katrin Kuhlmann, CITD Co-Director, joined the Global Economic Ideas Festival (GEIF). This annual global conference hosted by the Institute of Certified Chartered Economists (ICCE) and is set to bring together world leaders and top global policy shapers in interactive panel sessions and insightful keynotes.
CITD seeks to partner with foundations, NGOs and corporations interested in promoting the establishment of a new paradigm for global trading rules and in putting trade rules to work promoting sustainable development around the world.
If you are interested in partnering with CITD, please contact us at citd@georgetown.edu.