This interview stems from the interest of four Brazilian scholars in contributing to study foreign policy through dialogue with practitioners. As about becomes more reflexive and critical, we turned a diplomat, Rubens Ricupero, who based on his vast often difficult experience, has written interactions international world strived establish academic world. Between May July 2021, Ambassador Ricupe...

Depending on how one classifies market intervention, trade liberalization disciplines can be lenient or strict. Perhaps the most important distinction in this respect is that between government intervention labeled as a ‘market access restriction’ and that defined as ‘domestic regulation’. Both the GATT and the GATS declare market access restrictions (such as import quotas or limitations on the...