Arancha Gonzalez Laya is Executive Director of the International Trade Centre and Co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of International Trade and Investment. Before joining ITC, González served as Chief of Staff to World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy from 2005 to 2013. Prior to working at the WTO, she held several positions at the European Commission, conducting negotiations of trade agreements and assisting developing countries in trade-development efforts.
Dado que la crisis de COVID-19 afecta de forma diferente a hombres y mujeres, las medidas para resolverla deben tener en cuenta el género. Para las mujeres y las niñas, se deben abordar l...
Given that the COVID-19 crisis affects men and women in different ways, measures to resolve it must take gender into account. For women and girls, vulnerabilities in the home, on the fron...
Dans la lutte contre la pandémie de COVID-19, les réponses nationales sont essentielles, mais à moyen terme, la coopération internationale sera notre meilleure arme. Et la réforme et le r...
En la lucha contra la pandemia de COVID-19, las respuestas nacionales son vitales, pero a mediano plazo, la cooperación internacional será nuestra mejor arma. Y la reforma y el fortalecim...
In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, national responses are vital, but in the medium term, international cooperation will be our best weapon. And reforming and reinforcing the inst...
The notion that trade surpluses are a measure of a country’s economic prowess dates back centuries. In 16th-century Europe, “mercantilists” from England to Venice sought to accumulate gol...
For the last 30 years, trade has been one of the stabilising pillars of the global community – creating jobs, supporting the development and spreading of technology and ideas, boosting pr...
Muchas personas sienten que el sistema internacional de comercio es injusto o no es responsable. Algunos lo culpan por la pérdida de puestos de trabajo; otros por presionar a las industri...
As G20 leaders meet in Hamburg, many people feel the international trading system is unfair or unaccountable. Some blame it for the loss of jobs; others for pressurising local industries ...
La recesión económica de América Latina parece haber tocado fondo. Para este año, se prevé un crecimiento positivo, aunque modesto. Pero mientras la región se recupera del fin del ciclo d...
Latin America’s economic downturn seems finally to have bottomed out. Positive, if modest, growth is forecast for this year. But as the region recovers from the end of the commodity super...
The outlook for global trade cooperation is darkening. Amid the sluggish recovery from the global financial crisis of 2008-09, trade and globalization have in many advanced economies beco...
Trade gives people a tangible interest in each other’s economic wellbeing and offers a path to fiscally responsible growth, says Arancha González, Executive Director of the International ...
Cross-border flows of goods, services, capital, people, and even ideas are today more contested, at least in advanced economies, than they have been since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
