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DEI and Trade; Barriers Against Real Emitters

DEI and Trade Today was Day 1 of the annual WTO Public Forum. The sessions were started many years ago as the institution's response to critics. Each year nongovernmental organizations with a dislike of international trade show up in Geneva to share their angst and demands for change. The agenda reflects these naysayers. Today’s session included a focus on sustainability. Next there will be ethical inclusivity, equitability, green this, and green that. Despite all of the WTO’s efforts, these do-gooder groups do not seem to have become any happier.  The WTO’s top brass makes frequent pitches about how trade boosts everyone’s well-being, but its annual report this year deflected some of the criticism by saying t...

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