For a model of good governance in trade policy, “make it open, make it fair. And make it inclusive”, says Michel Kostecki.

Today, new challenges face both strategy-makers and business as we put new demands on trade to serve broader objectives than just to increase commerce. However, new networks are springing up that aim to help both sides in the dialogue — government and civil society — and to bring business effectively into the broader discussion.

Oxfam is a major non-governmental organization in trade policy debates. It also has a role in local trade development. What kind of collaboration is possible with an advocacy NGO? Natalie Domeisen and Peter Hulm of Trade Forum spoke to Céline Charveriat, head of Oxfam’s trade office in Geneva.

In Kenya, ITC teams up with a non-governmental organization to broaden the debate on trade in services.

What does “fair trade” mean? You won’t find one single answer. Here we look at the market profile of fair trade — the players, controversies, benefits and drawbacks.

Fair trade in international commerce has two distinct meanings. In trade negotiations, the term is used broadly to argue that subsidies and disguised barriers skew the global trade system against developing countries and commodity producers. Former World Bank chief economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, for example, argues for “fair trade for all” in the context of the latest WTO round of trade liberalization, the Doha Development Agenda.