Fellow on Trade Governance at Council on Economic Policies (CEP). Economist, PhD Researcher, Father. He/him. Here in a professional capacity.
Working to make international #trade more #sustainable (economically, socially, and ecologically). For trade that supports people and planet. #Trade - #FTAs - #GVCs - #InternationalCooperation - #SDGs - #Inclusive - #Development - #TriplePlanetaryCrisis
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| FELLOW ON TRADE GOVERNANCE | CEP | https://www.cepweb.org/about/people/oliver-braunschweig/ |
| PHD RESEARCHER IN ECONOMICS | NSSR | https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/economics-current-students/ |
| ORCID ID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8418-7244 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-braunschweig/ |
A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic.
Trade #policy often sidesteps parliamentary scrutiny. My new analysis examines how strengthening the role of #parliaments can advance more balanced and sustainable #trade. I identified four key principles for this. 🧵 /3
Parliamentary involvement can both strengthen domestic support for #trade and for #InternationalCooperation. This is becoming even more critical as global #TradeCooperation is shifting and geopolitical considerations are moving up policy agendas.
🔗 https://www.cepweb.org/to-advance-trade-policy-strengthen-the-role-of-parliaments/ 🧵3/3
In trade policy, parliaments generally play a lesser or even inexistent role. Strengthening their involvement can advance trade policymaking and help better align it with the public interest. This enhanced role should span the whole policy process.
Key principles for parliaments’ involvement in trade policy. They should:
• build capacity
• define goals of #TradePolicy
• accompany #negotiations
• ratify #agreements & oversee their #implementation.
These are crucial to better align trade with the public interest. 🧵2/3
David Ho
Carbon Tracker
