TRADE & INDUSTRIAL POLICY
To maximize the benefits of trade, developing countries must be proactive and strategic. Moreover, governments must ensure coherency between trade and industrial policies. TULIP’s activities at the intersection of trade and industrial policy focus on the following areas:
Tailor industrial policy to the 21st century
Strategically aligning trade and industrial policies
Greening industrial policies
Developing Sustainable special economic zones
PROJECTS
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Project for Sri Lanka
TULIP is advising Sri Lanka as it develops its new industrial policy. In particular, TULIP's advise focuses on emerging trends in industrial policy - such as on green industry and digitalization - and the implications thereof for Sri Lanka's new industrial policy framework.
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Greening the Philippines' trade policy
Advising the Philippines, including through providing workshops and writing policy analysis, on how to develop a comprehensive, green industrial policy package fit for the 21st century.
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Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
Project on circular innovation and ecodesign in the textiles sector
Conducting a study on the circular economy transition in the textiles sector, with a particular focus on how developing countries can develop a strategic position to green their textiles industries.
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Click here to download the study.
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This study was launched at the WTO Public Forum 2022, and main take-aways from the session can be viewed here.
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Project on nature-positive industrial policy and the Convention on Biodiversity
Writing a report analyzing the role of trade and industrial policy in advancing the nature-positive agenda
International Trade Centre
Developing Sri Lanka’s e-Commerce negotiating strategy
Analyzing ways in which Sri Lanka can strategically negotiate trade agreements to building a digital enabling environment.
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United Nations Environment Programme
Green Industrial policy workshop for Guyana
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Click here to read an article about the event.
United Nations Environment Programme
Teaching module on trade and industrial policy
TULIP developed and taught teaching a training module on trade and green industrial policy for government officials in developing countries.
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Click here to listen to the podcast accompanying the course.
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PUBLICATIONS
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The International Lawyer, June 2015
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"Inclusive Industrialization: the interplay between investment incentives and SME promotion policies in Sub-Saharan Africa"
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Law and Development Review, April 2018
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Law and Development Review, June 2017