Mr Christophe Degain and Dr Victor Kümmritz, from the WTO’s Economic Research and Statistics Division in Geneva, Switzerland, visited the NWU from 30 May-1 June 2017 to conduct a workshop on how a Trade in Value Added (TiVA) approach to measuring…

Ms Lorainne Ferreira, a PhD student in TRADE, attended a highly informative course on trade policy analysis in Dakar, Senegal from 21‒25 November 2016. The course, which was hosted by the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning…

Course Description This interdisciplinary and policy-oriented course intends to provide students with thorough knowledge on the international trading system and its development over time. Therefore, firstly, key international…

Course Description With the growing economic interdependence of the world, understanding the international trading system is becoming increasingly important. With as much as 50% (or more) of profits of some businesses coming from…