Research, Briefings, and Analysis for 2003 are located here, which are the latest available releases.

For the 2002 selection of trade analysis articles, go to Trade Policy Monitor: International Trade Research Studies, Briefings, Analysis

Trade policy articles and features from 2000 can be found by visiting the Trade Policy Monitor: International Trade Research, Briefings, Analysis, as well as the two archives for selected articles from 1999 and 2000. There is also a complete sample issue from April 2000

Click on any of the titles listed below to reach the article selected.

January 2001

• The Politics of US Trade Policy Making
• Moore Rejects Regional Trade Agreements
• Pettigrew Prays

February

• Non-Trade Impacts: The Search for Policy Balance
• Costa Rica Craters Canada FTA Craze
• Softwood Ready to Rock

March - April

• Softwood Lumber Trade Update
• New Round Decision Point: July 2001
• Fries With That?
• Treaty of Nice

May - June

• New Round Prospects Dim
• China State Council Decree Bans Protectionism
• Bush to Reposition on China
• Early Signs of Lumber Retreat?

July - August - September

• Outlook for the 4th WTO Ministerial Conference
• China Establishes WTO Department
• Status of the FTAA Investment Negotiations
• Background Information on Terrorist Groups
• State Sponsored Terrorism

October

• The 4th WTO Ministerial Conference: Islands of Wealth, Oceans of Poverty
• It's All Over But The Tears: Softwood Goes To Ground
• Trade Policy In A Violent World: The National Security Exemption

November - December

• Reading the Entrails: Divining Doha
• Doha and the Inter-Parliamentary Union
• US Commerce Secretary Evans Makes a Threat
• Britain and a Development Round