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Rachel Thrasher

Rachel Thrasher is a researcher with the Boston University Global Development Policy Center’s global economic governance initiative. She is author of Constraining Development: The Shrinking of Policy Space in the International Trade Regime (Anthem Press).

Leaving the Energy Charter Treaty—it’s not so easy

Leaving the Energy Charter Treaty—it’s not so easy

Rachel Thrasher and Kyla Tienhaara

The European Union has given notice of its withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty. There is still much to do.

Green subsidies: what about the global south?

Green subsidies: what about the global south?

Rachel Thrasher

The new green race between the United States and the European Union threatens to leave developing countries behind.

Why countries should scrap the Energy Charter Treaty

Why countries should scrap the Energy Charter Treaty

Rachel Thrasher

The treaty stands in the way of signatories implementing the IEA’s exhortation to stop investing in fossil fuels.