Working paper: 'Export restrictions and policy space for sustainable development: Lessons from trends in the regulation of export restrictions (2012-2016)'
On 16 January 2018, the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) published Fengan Jiang's (Richard) working paper entitled 'Export restrictions and policy space for sustainable development: Lessons from trends in the regulation of export restrictions (2012-2016)''.
This paper was written during his internship in the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of the United Nations ESCAP. By examining 11 WTO accession protocols and 50 regional trade agreements that have entered into force in the period from 2012 to 2016, this paper reveals recent trends in the regulation of export restrictions and their implications on countries’ policy space to achieve sustainable development goals.