Let's talk trade by WTO
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
World Trade Report 2024 (S8 - Ep4)
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past 30 years, economic growth has improved living conditions for many people. However, not all individuals, regions and economies have benef...
The Economic Case for Inclusivity (S8 - Ep 3)
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) share a long history of collaboration in promoting international trade as...
Re-globalizing trade: a youth perspective (S8 - Ep 2)
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the last day of the Public Forum 2024, we brought together a dynamic group of young entrepreneurs and activists from around the world for the plena...
Re-globalization: trade in a geopoliticized world (S8 - Ep 1)
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This September, during the WTO Public Forum, we looked at the WTO's achievements since 1995, and what lies ahead for the world trading system. Discus...
Christine Lagarde and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on women empowerment
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, on International Women's Day, the WTO community was treated to a special event. Two prominent women in the global economy came together for...
Feeding the world. Food Safety as a key to access export markets. (S7 - Ep 5)
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Food safety is a collective responsibility. Producers, businesses, , governments, and international agencies all contribute to ensuring that the food ...
Never give up. Export ambitions in the face of natural disasters (S7 - Ep4)
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The people of Tonga, a Small Island Developing State in the Pacific, know a thing or two about living with natural disasters. In 2022, their archipela...
Go local. Gaining a foothold in the global IT services market (S7 - Ep3)
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Digitally transmitted services are the fastest-growing segment of international trade. They offer huge opportunities for SMEs in emerging markets and ...
Bittersweet. Exporting cacao beans for a living (S7 - Ep2)
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cocoa is an important export crop for West African countries. Yet, many of the smallholder cocoa farmers struggle to earn a decent livelihood. Assata ...
Just do it. Learning to trade internationally (S7 - Ep1)
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lack of information about export procedures is a known obstacle to trade for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. But there are learning tools a...
Ralph Ossa on re-globalization
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the face of recent crises in geopolitics, public health, and the environment, are people better served by the fragmentation of trading relationship...
Mia Mottley on "Reinventing the global order"
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, delivered a thought-provoking Presidential Lecture on "Reinventing the global order" at the WTO in March 2022...
Trade Goals: Rules and referees (S5 – Ep7)
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Without rules and referees there would be no game. Each football match is policed by a cwho has full authority to enforce the law of the game. In mult...
Trade Goals: The Game (S5 – Ep6)
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Football video games are popular wherever people have access to the internet. The games are part of the much larger e-sports universe of competitive v...
Trade Goals: Fans (S5 – Ep5)
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Football fans' love of the game generates plenty of revenue. The major sources of income in football are merchandising, sponsoring and broadcasting ri...
Trade Goals: Players (S5 – Ep4)
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A football game is a service and the clubs that are organizing football matches are providing recreational services. International trade rules may app...
Trade Goals: Pitches (S5 – Ep3)
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An incredible amount of work is needed to create a perfect football pitch. A lot of international trade is involved, too. In this episode of the "Tr...
Trade Goals: Footballs (S5 – Ep2)
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Footballs are an indispensable item in the global value chain of the beautiful game. Manufacturing, distributing and selling the balls is a complex ...
Trade Goals: Welcome to "the beautiful global value chain" (S5 – Ep1)
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There is probably no group of people who will talk with more passion and expertise about trade-related aspects of the game of football than soccer ent...
WTO reform & e-commerce (S4 – Ep5)
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
International trade has progressed enormously since the founding of the WTO in 1995. The world trades a lot more – from just over 5 trillion dollars...
Food security (S4 – Ep4)
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Even in less stressful times, agriculture talks at the WTO tend to be difficult and highly emotional. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how import...
Pandemic response (S4 - Ep3)
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It was the most hotly debated issue in the run-up to MC12 and at the very last minute, negotiations nearly broke down because of a footnote. The issu...
Fisheries subsidies (S4 - Ep2)
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our ocean, the planet's largest ecosystem, is endangered by overfishing. What's the WTO got to do with it, you may ask. By prohibiting harmful fisheri...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: We can work it out (S4 -Ep1)
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When ministers and other delegates filed out of the World Trade Organization's Council Room on 17 June, night was giving way to dawn in Geneva. WTO me...
The future: what's next for supply chains? (S3 – Ep6)
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this season finale, we ask WTO Deputy Director-General Anabel González: are you worried? She helps us navigate through the ongoing "polycrisis" of...
Stuck on the wrong end (S3 – Ep5)
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Larger economies and businesses may already be finding their way to absorb the shocks of the supply chain crisis, but that is less the case for smalle...
The pandemic consumer (S3 – Ep4)
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We hold up a mirror to another important link in the supply chain: us, the consumers. How have our shopping habits changed during the pandemic and wil...
Port side: transport and logistics (S3 – Ep3)
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether by air, road, or sea, in this episode we hear how all these trade channels had their share of disruptions as part of the global supply chain c...
The supply side: manufacturers' perspectives (S3 – Ep2)
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The factory floor is our first stop on this journey tracing the flow of goods along global supply chains. How were manufacturers affected by recent di...
Decoding the crisis: an overview (S3 - Ep1)
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
They say a good supply chain is one you never talk about because it just works. However, it's become a household phrase during the pandemic. WTO Chief...
On the road to reform (S2 - Ep3)
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A recap of the Ministerial Conferences in Geneva (2011), Bali (2013), Nairobi (2015) and Buenos Aires (2017). Stories by Aegyoung Jung, Dan Pruzin, No...
Who needs sleep in a Ministerial? (S2 - Ep2)
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stories from the Ministerial Conferences in Doha (2001), Cancún (2003), Hong Kong (2005) and Geneva (2009). Told by Bernie Kuiten, Dan Pruzin, Edwini...
From dawn to dusk, Singapore to Seattle (S2 - Ep1)
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We look back at the first three ministerial conferences held in Singapore (1996), Geneva (1998) and Seattle (1999). With stories from Anabel González...
Resilience stories: Today's student, tomorrow's entrepreneur - Holby Training Solutions (S1 - Ep6)
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After facing many obstacles to set up her own business in Kenya, Farhia decided to create a training company to help young entrepreneurs navigate thes...
Resilience stories: Plasticpreneur - Turning waste to wonder (S1 - Ep5)
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As demand for medical products rose with the COVID-19 pandemic, Sören from Austria adapted the plastic recycling machine invented by him and his frie...
Resilience stories: Farafena - Around the world and back (S1 - Ep4)
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oumar had a successful exporting business from Mali to North America. Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic made him rethink his business model,...
Resilience stories: Casa Feito Brasil - Making a home abroad (S1 - Ep3)
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Brazilian cosmetics company where Rafaela worked took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen their online business, they also took th...
Resilience stories: A silver lining for Dot and Line (S1 - Ep2)
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maheen’s in-person tutoring business in Pakistan was put in jeopardy by COVID-19 lockdowns. By shifting her business online, she was able to reach n...
Resilience stories: Pandemic Hell, Cielo Hammocks (S1 - Ep1)
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced Josefina from Mexico to close her physical shop, e-commerce gave her hammock business a new lifeline. WTO’s Kathryn ...
Coming soon: Let's talk trade
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coming soon: Let's Talk Trade, a podcast by the World Trade Organization.