Subsidies, trade and international cooperation

• Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
• GGP: Global Governance Programme

A recent paper prepared by the staff of the IMF, OECD, World Bank and WTO calls on governments to cooperate more on subsidies with possibly harmful international effects. Panelists in this webinar will reflect on the key issues identified in the report and reflect on possible actions to address subsidy-related spillover concerns.

Managing the international spillover effects of national subsidy programmes has become a prominent agenda item for governments, firms and civil society. Subsidies are widely used to pursue a broad range of policy objectives and take many different forms. WTO rules on subsidisation and instruments to countervail adverse economic effects of foreign subsidies are widely regarded as outdated and requiring reform. 

A recent paper prepared by the staff of the IMF, OECD, World Bank and WTO calls on governments to cooperate more on subsidies with possibly harmful international effects. Panelists in this webinar will reflect on the key issues identified in the report and reflect on possible actions to address subsidy-related spillover concerns.  

This event will be recorded.