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IISD Trade and Sustainability Review, March 2026
MC14 brings together critical debates on trade, development, and sustainability. This issue explores headline topics, including WTO reform, industrial policy, e-commerce, investment facilitation, fisheries subsidies, agriculture, and trade-related climate measures, highlighting both opportunities and challenges for inclusive, rules-based, and future-ready global trade.
The Surprising Route to Energy Security: Scrap fossil fuel subsidies
Energy security cannot be bought with fossil fuel subsidies. Reforming them offers a solution—one that reduces risk rather than reinforcing it.
Is a New Oil Pipeline in Canada’s National Interest?
Building a new oil pipeline would impose a significant economic and environmental cost on Alberta and Canada.