## Group of Twenty - Reinvigorating Trade to Support Growth: A Path Forward

_Policy Papers, May 13, 2016_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: May 13, 2016
- Series: Policy Papers

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### Executive summary and core findings
- Reinvigorating trade integration should be a key component of the global policy agenda to boost growth.
- Trade policy’s new frontiers include:
  - services
  - regulatory cooperation
  - trade and investment complementarities
- These new frontiers carry high potential to bolster efficiency and productivity.
- Governments differ on whether to continue the WTO Doha Round, creating an urgent need to identify a path for the global trading system in today’s more complex trade policy landscape.
- A long interregnum without a path forward would risk fragmenting the global trade system and undermining its governance.

### Policy implications and recommendations
- Tackling trade policy issues important to the global economy may require flexible approaches to multilateral negotiations, including modalities such as plurilaterals.
- Enhanced coherence efforts are needed to ensure that regional trade agreements and multilateralism coexist productively.

### Publication and access notes
- Publication date: May 13, 2016
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*Source: Group of Twenty - Reinvigorating Trade to Support Growth: A Path Forward (May 13, 2016), International Monetary Fund.*

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