The Handbook of Global Trade Policy

The Handbook of Global Trade Policy

Category: Publication

Date: December 15, 2019

This handbook provides readers with a comprehensive resource for studying international trade policy, governance, and financing. It includes a chapter, How Banking Regulators and Trade Ministers are Singing from Different Songbooks 221, co-written by Momentus’ CEO Diana Smallridge.

Featuring contributions from prominent experts, this timely and authoritative work assesses the policy implications of recent academic research on the topic of global trade policy. It contains a comprehensive understanding of 21st century foreign trade through discussions of contemporary research in fields such as economics, international business, international relations, law, and global politics.

Our CEO, Diana Smallridge, co-wrote chapter 9 “How Banking Regulators and Trade Ministers are Singing from Different Songbooks 221,” with her colleague, Jennifer Henderson, on the mismatch of banking regulations and the work of trade ministers. Momentus (formerly IFCL) is proud to have been part of the creation of this seminal work.

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