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@TESSForum is proud to co-host with the Governments of Costa Rica 🇨🇷, Iceland 🇮🇸, New Zealand 🇳🇿, & Switzerland 🇨🇭 a briefing & conversation on 12 December from 9-10:30am CET, on “The Agreement on Climate Change, Trade & Sustainability #ACCTS: Towards Enhanced International Cooperation on Trade & Climate”. The event aims to provide experts and stakeholders: ☑️a snapshot of the main provisions of the newly signed agreement ☑️ an opportunity to reflect upon its significance amidst evolving climate/trade discussions & where to build from here ☑️where it takes us, & where to build from here Join us to hear policy makers & leading trade & climate experts reflect on to what extent & how the ACCTS can inform wider efforts to enhance international cooperation on trade policy to advance #climate & sustainable development goals #SDGs

🎓 Attention students! Want to learn about ongoing WTO negotiations on topics like fisheries and agriculture? Join us in person for WTO 101 to hear from experts and get the latest updates. Register here: bit.ly/3NpTIrA #WTOat30

@TESSForum is pleased to share this policy brief by Ruth Davis @ruthdavis27 on: ➡️why the value of healthy ecosystems & thriving biodiversity is not reflected in investment decisions due to sustained market failure ➡️why fundamental reforms are needed to tilt financial incentives away from nature's destruction towards its protection & restoration ➡️why we need a new diplomacy where the future landscape for nature financing is shaped by those on the front line of nature protection Find out more👉bit.ly/4eBkuJu

@TESSForum is proud to be co-organizing a session during @WTO #TradeandEnvironment Week with the Permanent Missions of Colombia, Ecuador & Australia to the WTO @Colombia_OMC, @Ecuador_OMC, @AusWTO on: ➡️“Nature Positive Trade: Priorities & Opportunities for Cooperation on Emerging Issues”. This session aims to explore the intersection of biodiversity, trade, & agriculture, focusing on how international cooperation can support the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) @UNBiodiversity & broader #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #SDGs. 🗓️ Wednesday 9 October | 12:30 📍Room W, WTO | Live on YouTube For further details – bit.ly/3zP3joI

“Why do politicians lie about trade?” Book's author @DmitryOpines, Executive Director of the @genevatrade_gtp , is interviewed about the reasons for this funny and critical look behind the scenes of #InternationalTrade. 👇graduateinstitute.ch/communications… @_CTEI

@TESSForum is pleased to share this Synergies article by Ruth Davis @ruthdavis27 on: ➡️ why the value of healthy ecosystems & a thriving #biodiversity is not reflected in investment decisions due to sustained market failure ➡️ why fundamental reforms are needed to tilt financial incentives away from nature's destruction towards its protection & restoration ➡️ why the future landscape for #naturefinance needs to be shaped by those who are on the front line of #nature protection Find out more: bit.ly/3TMl3Ib

The @WTO Dialogue on #PlasticPollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (DPP) met on 18 September to advance their discussions on trade-related cooperation to tackle plastic pollution. In this session, their focus was on: ✅enhancing the capacity of developing Members to integrate trade as part of the solution to plastic pollution including through cooperation with relevant international institutions. ✅ways & means of increasing transparency, supporting enhanced cooperation, & promoting internal coordination around trade-related plastics measures including to facilitate their implementation & trade. @TESSForum was pleased to contribute to the discussions. For more on the meeting➡️bit.ly/4ebnEUj Read our statement here ➡️bit.ly/3XUP6jq

📣 Delighted to announce the release of a new report on Trade, Circular Economy, and Sustainable Development by an expert group convened by @TESSForum. The report identifies: ➡️10 considerations to guide the design & implementation of trade-related #circulareconomy policies. ➡️options for enhanced & inclusive international cooperation on trade for a safe circular economy that serves #sustainabledevelopment. ➡️possible fora where this cooperation could be advanced, including at the @WTO Download the report 👉 bit.ly/3TBTi57 @WTO @UNCTAD @ungreeneconomy @OECD @WCEF2025 @circulareconomy @SitraFund @UNDP @UNDPClimate @JapanMissionGE @ChileONUGinebra @costarica_ungva @CanadaGeneva

@TESSForum is pleased to share a new publication compiling a diverse range of expert views on how to revive multilateralism & move from vision to action on trade & sustainability at @WTO. Find out more: bit.ly/47pNaSV

@TESSForum is pleased to share this Synergies article by Jean-Frédéric Morin @JFredericMorin & Clara Brandi @ClaraBrandi on: ✅how preferential trade agreements can be used as a policy tool to promote climate action ✅ how to improve the design of climate-related provisions in PTAs to unlock their potential ✅lessons for trade & climate discussions at the WTO Read here ➡️ bit.ly/47wtqNN

#ThankYou to all our distinguished speakers, ambassadors, and attendees for contributing to today's impactful #GTW24 TESS plenary roundtable on "International Cooperation on Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development at the @WTO," setting the tone for tomorrow's #WTOPublicForum.

#happeningnow 🌍📊 #GTW24 @TESS plenary roundtable with & experts and Ambassadors to the @WTO from around the world sharing bold ideas for #multilateral cooperation on trade and sustainability. #WTOPublicForum

@TESSForum is pleased to share this Synergies article by Jan Yves Remy @Luciangal2 on: ➡️why the WTO reform agenda should place sustainability at the centre ➡️how realignment of the trading system with the SDGs can be achieved Find out more: bit.ly/3XdUkoS

Join @TESSForum & the Permanent Mission of Australia to the WTO & the Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the WTO at the #WTOPublicForum on 12 September, at 13:30 in Room D for a session on “Addressing Environmentally Harmful Agricultural Subsidies through the @WTO”. The session aims to: ✅discuss different approaches & pathways to address environmentally harmful agriculture subsidies in the multilateral trading system; ✅explore options for defining environmentally harmful agriculture subsidies; ✅identify collaborative actions on trade that could enable greater sustainability and resilience of global agri-food systems. For more information regarding the session ➡️bit.ly/476TWgt

@TESSForum is pleased to share this Synergies article by Céline Charveriat @MCcharveriat on: ➡️ the impact of the "beyond growth" agenda for international trade debates on inclusive and sustainable well-being. Find out more: bit.ly/4dTO24Z

✨ We're grateful to all our GTW partners, past and present. Some these have included: @GVAGrad @_CTEI @TASCplatform @GVAGrad_GHC @TESSForum @wto @ITCnews @TradeLabGeneva @CropLifeIntl @women_trade @CUTS_Geneva @CitdGeorgetown @VanBaelBellis @uarizona @QueenSugarOWN

The #plasticstreaty is an unmissable opportunity for the international community to protect human health and the environment. As the #INC intersessional open-ended expert groups meet in Bangkok this week, read the @TESSForum briefing note on "Human Health in the INC Intersessional Work Process" to learn more about: ➡ The call to action rising from health experts & environmental justice communities that the #plasticscrisis is a health crisis ➡ The ways that governments have pointed to the protection of #humanhealth & the environment from #plasticpollution in submissions to the expert groups so far ➡ Opportunities to progress convergence on an integrated approach for the protection of human health ahead of #INC5 in Busan this November Read the briefing note here: bit.ly/3WRTkXc

During @DmitryOpines book launch, Amb. @Matthew Wilson explained the importance of channeling the inputs of smaller firms nationally into trade policy.

Written by a former trade negotiator who has trained many British diplomats, this book is authoritative, yet – and here’s the strange part – 👉actually fun to read. 👉This book should be read by everyone who needs a shield from “opportunistic politicians relying on the density of the subject matter to peddle easy answers, simple narratives, and misleading twaddle”✍️ @DmitryOpines @TradeSplaining @Trade_EU @genevatrade_gtp @TradeExperettes @TradeDiversion @TradeandMoney @snlester @SamuelMarcLowe @sarahoconnor_ @SimonEvenett @alanbeattie @BJavorcik @MJansenEcon @C_Lombardelli @HansbergRossi @genemgrossman @NOIweala @_AnabelG @jlopezgonzalez1 @jaime_demelo @rodrikdani @D_A_Irwin @SoumayaKeynes @sdonnan @_CTEI @TASCplatform @MFratzscher @pisaniferry @AdamPosen @ChadBown @Brad_Setser @TradeEconomista

Join us tomorrow for @neha_mishra_nm's book launch Register: bit.ly/3vnpT5J