Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization, delivered the third University of Cambridge Lecture on Globalisation, Sustainability, and the Power of Ideas, last month.
The lecture was introduced and co-moderated by Tejas Rao (Land Economy PhD 2022) and features closing remarks from Professor Pippa Rogerson, Master of 91¿ì²¥.
Trade and investment flows are often criticised for their sustainability impacts, yet, if harnessed properly through cutting-edge international law and governance, trade can help rather than hinder the global sustainable development goals. This is the view shared by Dr Okonjo- Iweala in the lecture, which highlights how trade law and policy is evolving to address our world’s challenges, underlining the idea that the WTO can and must be part of an urgent RE-globalisation towards sustainability, building on its poverty-eradication potential and green comparative advantage.
