First elected Iranian President Bani Sadr had a dream

Abol Hassan Ban Sadr, Iran's first elected president following the Islamic revolution, died in a hospital in France on October 9. He was living in France for the past four decades far away from Iran where he, like many of his compatriots, wanted a political system where social justice as...

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Can the WTO build consensus on digital trade?

In July, 2021, the envoys of Australia, Japan, and Singapore to the World Trade Organization (WTO) made a significant announcement: The plurilateral Joint Statement Initiative on E-commerce was making excellent progress among the talks' eighty-six members. In September, the members noted further momentum, citing consensus on high-standard texts reflecting the...

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