On 10th January 2025, a Workshop on Capacity Building for Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD), Special Panel on “The Melting of Himalayan Glaciers: Revisiting Climate Change Accountability in view of Recent International Developments” was…
Weaponised Trade is the manipulation of existing trade relations to advance geopolitical objectives. This concept has gained traction on account of the twin forces of geopolitical confrontation and geo-economic fragmentation. The term '…
A trade talk on “Export Controls in the Global Supply Chains: Managing Risks and Ensuring Compliance Across Borders” was delivered by Mr. Joe Valentine, International Trade Compliance Counsel licensed to practice law in Washington DC, North…
Centre for Trade and Investment Law with the support of the Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power, Government of India and in collaboration with the World Trade Organization Chairs Programme has organized a Training and Capacity…
This policy brief provides a summary of key research findings of the WTO Chair in Oman at Sultan Qaboos University in order to enable policy making. Since the creation of WTO, agricultural trade was subjected to multilateral trade rules that…
The chair conducted a study on service trade liberalization in Oman collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The service sector in Oman contributes around 41% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and has shown a sustained annual…
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are part of numerous free or preferential trade areas and are in the process of completing or negotiating others outside the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). In this proposed study we…
The Chair is a member of the UNDP-SIDA working group on trade and sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the Arab region. The working group mission is to develop trade policy proposals within the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) that will…
For the Fourth consecutive time and in collaboration with WTO, SQU held the Regional Trade Policy Course (RTPC) for the Middle East and North African Countries (MENA) starting on October 8 to November 30, 2017 and running for 8 weeks.
The Chair, Dr Houcine Boughanmi and Dr Hemesiri Kotagama, member of the chair team attended the 2016 GTAP (Global Economic Analysis) conference held at the World Bank, Washignton DC on 15-17 June 2016 where they presented a paper in the WTO…