First findings from the Economic Security Dashboard WTO Members have not agreed on what economic security means or when it can be invoked. And yet, they are discussing security-related measures across WTO bodies. The Economic Security Dashboard maps those discussions so they can be read together. Framing economic security Governments have always restricted trade for reasons other than commercial policy. What has changed is the volume and the vocabulary. As the WTO’s World Tra

When we think of the WTO resolving trade conflicts, we think of legal battles and Panel Reports. But the real workhorse is quieter — a specialized committee (like the SPS Committee) that has helped resolve hundreds of disputes before they ever reach the Dispute Settlement Body. Over the past 31 years, WTO Members notified 38,500 sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures — regulations covering food safety, animal and plant health — covering everything from pest-free zones to