The core of our work is advising the public sector on how to leverage international legal and policy frameworks to promote sustainable development. We do this through applying international legal frameworks, economic analysis and best practices to specific development challenges  faced by our clients.  We also conduct cutting-edge research on issues at trade-environment-development nexus. 

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Three aspects of TULIP’s approach stand out: 

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• Legal lens: TULIP’s team predominantly consists of lawyers. The legal training of TULIP’s team enables accurate review and analysis of international trade agreements, laws and regulations, which enhances the quality of our research and analysis. It also means that the TULIP team can complement policy analysis with legal work – where relevant.

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• Granularity: To better understand opportunities and challenges related to sustainable trade, it is imperative to go beyond high-level dialogue and explore issues at a sector and/or country level. For example, it is difficult to understand the implications of a border carbon adjustment program on a country without studying its exposure and vulnerability to the issue. We invest time and resources in getting the facts right, enhancing both the feasibility and specificity of our policy recommendations.

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• Novelty: When working on a project, we strive to go beyond existing ideas, identifying new ways to tackle an existing problem. We regularly develop new ideas to tackle complex trade policy and sustainability issues, reflecting the breadth and depth of our work and our extensive network of trade experts worldwide.