The WTO’s ‘Made in the World’ initiative

World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy looks on during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo: AAP)

Author: Natasha Ardiani, ANU

The manufacturing sector plays a significant role in the global trading system, accounting for more than half of the world’s industrial output in 2010.

Around 30 per cent of this trade relates to the exchange of intermediate inputs and goods for processing.  Read more…