Impacts from the 2008 financial crisis, COVID-19, and the Russia–Ukraine conflictRussia-Ukraine conflict have shaken the rules-based global economic and trade governance. The WTO is facing huge challenges including protectionist policies that would have been previously unthinkable, but now common under the pretext of national security. Borderless challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic require countries to work together and China should actively participate in this process while preventing the multilateral trading systemMultilateral Trading System from moving toward protectionism.

错误:搜索内容不能为空,请输入英文关键词
错误:关键词超出字数限制,请精简
高级检索

Global Challenges Require Strengthening Multilateralism

  • Yi Xiaozhun

摘要

Impacts from the 2008 financial crisis, COVID-19, and the Russia–Ukraine conflictRussia-Ukraine conflict have shaken the rules-based global economic and trade governance. The WTO is facing huge challenges including protectionist policies that would have been previously unthinkable, but now common under the pretext of national security. Borderless challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic require countries to work together and China should actively participate in this process while preventing the multilateral trading systemMultilateral Trading System from moving toward protectionism.