The objective of the consultative meeting was to raise awareness of key stakeholders on the expiry of the Kenya-France and Kenya-Switzerland bilateral investment treaties and the need to review the investment agreements. To identify the discuss…
The WTO TBT National Workshop on The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade discussed: The WTO and Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) The key disciplines of the WTO TBT Agreement (WTO) Notifications,…
TRADE members attendance at various international conferences.
On 13 and 14 March 2018, the TRADE research entity together with TRADE Advisory held their 3rd annual TRADE-DSM® User Group Conference.
WTO sponsored awards for the best Master's degree dissertation in International Trade (Mr Tiaan Cloete), the best PhD (Ms Carli Bezuidenhout) and the best research paper on a WTO related topic (Dr Noleen Pisa, Prof Wilma Viviers and Prof…
Two TRADE newsletters were sent out during the reporting period to 640 recipients, with an additional newsletter planned for October 2018.
A. Thirteen TRADE-DSM® training workshops Several training workshops for users of the TRADE-DSM® took place throughout the year. These workshops have provided an opportunity to publicize WTO links and expand and cement relationships with…
The TBT/SPS national consultative committee meeting was held at the Kenya Bureau of Standards meeting on 5th September 2017. The meeting discussed the preparations for the WTO TBT meeting in Geneva in November 2017 and Kenya’s position on the…
The National SPS Committee Meeting was held on 19th June 2018 in Telposta Towers, Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting discussed the documents circulated by the WTO Secretariat in Geneva regarding the SPS Committee Meeting in Geneva Scheduled for July…
2nd Kenya Trade Week at the Kenya International Convention Centre on the 31st July 2018. The meeting discussed Kenya’s exports initiatives to diversify the export products, markets. There were also discussions on trade development incentive…