One of the key issues in WTO reform is to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of the institution. As it is often hard to reach consensus among 164 member states, one way forward could be that a subset of members deepens...

On 4 February 2020, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, together with the King Baudouin Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, organised a DINNER DIALOGUE in Brussels. The topic that evening was the Conference on the Future of Europe...

Die Broschüre beschreibt kurz, was unter Open Data in Kommunen, also offenen Verwaltungsdaten, zu verstehen ist. Sie skizziert einige Argumente für Open Data aus Sicht der Verwaltung, der Bürgerinnen und Bürger und der Wirtschaft....

Global economic trends over the last decades have steadily increased the links between Asia and Europe. For both regions, a growing economic interdependency represents an opportunity to build strong, fair and sustainable...

Unser Stifter Reinhard Mohn, dessen Todestag sich im Oktober 2019 zum zehnten Mal jährte, betonte zum Jahrtausendwechsel: „Internationale Kooperation und Friedenssicherung heißt das politische Gebot der Stunde.“ Bis heute hat...

WTO committees hold so-called „thematic sessions“. These informal meetings help to adopt a more forward looking agenda than the usual committee routine does. They also provide an opportunity to bring in outside stakeholders and...

The incapacitation of the Appellate Body in December 2019 was a huge blow to the judicial arm of the WTO. When improving and reforming rule enforcement at the WTO, it is however vital not only to look at the top if the dispute...

Negative international spillovers created by nontariff policies are a rising source of trade tensions and conflicts. The WTO does not include rules for subsidies for services industries, state-owned enterprises or investment...

Geo-economic tensions and global collective action problems call for international cooperation to revise and develop rules to guide both the use of domestic subsidies and responses by governments to cross-border competition...