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China will not have benefits in the WTO China’s move shows that countries with relatively high income can no longer hide behind developing-country status.

Last week, China announced that it will no longer invoke the special benefits linked to its developing-country status in the World Trade Organization, WTO. But what does this actually mean?

Read Hannes Lenk’s Trade Policy Insight.

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New analysis: LDC Graduation – Challenges and opportunities for EU–African trade

Several African countries are moving out of the UN’s least developed category, reshaping trade conditions and creating new opportunities.

Read more and download the analysis: shorturl.at/I8a3K

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Report: Rethinking Trade with Asia: Strategies for Sweden and the EU in trade with emerging markets.

Read more and download the full report free of charge:: shorturl.at/8ulLj

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See you in Stockholm!

Looking forward to seeing you in Stockholm!

How can we rebuild rules-based trade in a shifting world? Join the 2025 Heckscher-Ohlin Conference in Stockholm, 16 October.

Keynote speakers: Pol Antràs and Arancha González.

Register by 16 September 2025: shorturl.at/2XhjZ

In a new analysis, the National Board of Trade Sweden proposes that the EU work with like-minded partners to build new support frameworks and revitalise the rule-based trading system.

Download the analysis by our strategic adviser
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A New Era in International Trade Requires a New Rules-Based Trade Coalition The new era in international trade needs a new rule-based trade coalition.

Analysis: A New Era in International Trade Requires a New Rule-Based Trade Coalition.

Read more and download the analysis by our strategic adviser
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WTO Trade and Environment Week

Meet the our policy adviser Erik Merkus at WTO Trade and Environment Week, who will discuss how trade policy can assist private sector companies to secure and decarbonise their value chains.

When: 2 July, 16:30-18:00, room D.
Or follow the session live on the WTO Youtube channel.

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Work together for rule-based trade For almost 80 years, the multilateral rule-book has been the basis for international trade relations. Under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organiz...

"The rule-based trade that has served us well for many years is under grave threat."

Our Director-General Anders Ahnlid writes in the Bangkok Post about the importance of rules-based trade.

Standardisation uncertainty in the EU Uncertainty in standardisation risks undermining EU product rules and threatens progress on the green and digital transition in the internal market.

Policy brief: Uncertainty in Standardisation: A systemic risk for the New Legislative Framework and the EU internal market.

Read more and download the policy brief: shorturl.at/vAJfi

Report: Trade Policy for Electrification: How trade policy can contributeto the electrification of Sweden’s economy.

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Report: The Impact of Foreign Acquisitions on Swedish Firms’ Carbon Emissions and Energy Use.

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Analysis: Tariffs do not Improve the Trade Balance.

Read more and download the analysis by our strategic adviser @altenberg.bsky.social: shorturl.at/jwepz

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The GDPR and international trade GDPR both benefits and damages EU trade and productivity. This analysis helps balance strong data protection with better conditions in digital trade.

Analysis: The GDPR and international trade – evidence and implications for EU policy.

Read the interview and the analysis by our trade policy analyst, Hannes Berggren.

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The services sector plays a central role The services sector plays a central role for productivity, competitiveness, and inclusive growth in the modern economy.

Trade Policy Insight: Revitalising the single market for services.

– No new ambitious initiative or measure can be effective without a broad political commitment by the Member States.

Read our latest Trade Policy Insight by our trade policy analyst Vanessa Zanetti.

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New analysis: Multinational firms and productivity – does country of origin matter?

In this analysis we examined what happens to the productivity of Swedish companies that are acquired by foreign firms.

Read more and download the analysis: shorturl.at/cdp1l

Could Digital Cooperation Help De-escalate EU-US Trade Tensions? By Hannes Berggren, Trade Policy Advisor, National Board of TradePrior to the US presidential election, Sweden’s National Board of Trade argued in an analysis that the EU-US fragmentation over d

"Further digital trade friction between the EU and the US will have a real economic cost to both the US and the EU."

Read our Trade Policy Adviser Hannes Berggren on ECIPE’s blog.

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New report: Navigating cross-border data flows and the GDPR.

Restricting cross-border data flows threatens economic growth. This report analyses business challenges from a trade policy lens and offers ways to reduce complexity.

Read more and download the report: shorturl.at/RfQA2

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Publications We publish a number of reports in a wide range of trade-related issues. The reports can be downloaded free of charge.

Our new website is live! Scroll through our list of publications—each one is available for download as a PDF (free of charge). #TradePolicy

Policy brief: Trade policy for the age of AI – a component to strengthen EU competitiveness.

This brief highlights how trade policy can boost EU competitiveness in an AI-driven world by ensuring access to key resources like data, energy, and skills.

Read more: shorturl.at/Jtmc3

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