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Tariffs and trade barriers are rising and major diplomatic institutions that have promoted liberal trade for decades have come under attack as impending trade wars threaten global trade and global value chains for manufacturing weaken. And at the root of this crisis, argues Geoff Pigman, is accelerating technological change.This book traces the impact of today's major technological transformations on global trade and the diplomacy that makes trade possible. Not only is global trade changing, in terms of what is traded and how, but diplomacy in the digital age is changing as well. Arguing that we must think differently about trade and diplomacy, this book proposes pragmatic policy approaches for the diplomatic management of a challenging and potentially dangerous future.

This is the first book to tell the story of the diplomacy that has made the international trading system what it is today. It reveals how three major transformations over the past two centuries have shaped the way goods, services, capital and labour cross borders, as buyers and sellers meet in the global marketplace.

Providing an introduction to the World Economic Forum (WEF), this book explores aspects of the WEF and highlights contemporary issues and debates in international studies. It shows how the WEF differs from other global institutions in several key respects

This book explores the paradoxes and unique characteristics of the World Economic Forum, highlighting contemporary issues and debates on global governance, economic development, and corporate social responsibility.

The protests against the WTO in Seattle & against the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos & New York present vivid images of conflicting interests in the global economy. Teachers of International Political Economy (IPE) have an opportunity to use a series of recent or ongoing dynamic case studies to introduce students to theory, history, empirical investigation, & current issues. The evolution of the WEF is a strong example of a multifunctional case study, as it links a current, ongoing issue with high media visibility to many of the major theoretical traditions & debates in IPE. Over its first 30 years of operation the WEF controlled the narrative of its own evolution, portraying itself as a unique venue for business leaders & public officials to discuss issues & solve problems. However, the telecommunications revolution made the WEF's agenda of self-promotion a victim of its own success. The effectiveness of the WEF's efforts to market itself as a key communication channel between major participants in the predominant liberal market configuration of the global economy, symbolized by the meeting of Bill Clinton & Bill Gates at Davos 2000, attracted critics, such as NGOs that embraced alternate visions of globalization. Some critics in turn have become participants, which has shifted the discourse of the WEF in ways unintended by its corporate members & thereby created the possibility for the WEF to become a site for contesting the existing structure of the global economy. 41 References. Adapted from the source document.