Exploring links between trade, standards, and the sustainable development goals
Trade has a critical role in achieving the sustainable development goals. The movement of goods and services across borders, as well as flows of technology, ideas and people, all enable progress toward ending poverty, improving economic growth and job opportunities, and reducing …
Southeast Asia Replaces Africa as the World’s Hotbed of Piracy
Sembara Oktafian was in the engine room of a tugboat chugging toward the Philippines when something didn’t sound right. There was shouting on deck, and shots. Gunmen had boarded, and their message was clear: Come with us, or we will kill you. They shot one crew member and kidnapped four ot…