Trade & industrial policy | Tulip

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:

Developing a methodology to tailor industrial policy to the 21st century

Strategically aligning trade and industrial policies

Greening industrial policies in developing countries

Developing Sustainable special economic zones

PROJECTS

Developing Sri Lanka’s e-Commerce negotiating strategy

TULIP is advising Sri Lanka on emerging trends in industrial policy and the implications thereof for Sri Lanka's new industrial policy framework.

PUBLICATIONS

United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP):

TULIP Developed and taught course on Green Industrial Policy and Trade in Guyana

UNEP: TULIP developed and taught teaching a training module on trade and green industrial policy for government officials in developing countries.

Click here to listen to the podcast accompanying the course.

Academic publication:

Where Trade and Industrial Policy Converge: How Developing Countries Can Utilize Trade Preferences to Generate Sustainable, Local Growth in the Garment Sector

Academic Publication:

Inclusive Industrialization: the interplay between investment incentives and SME promotion policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Academic publication:

Trade, Development, and Industrial Policy in Africa: the case for a pragmatic approach to optimizing policy coherence between industrial policy and WTO policy space.