During the WCP Virtual International Conference on International Trade and Investment organised by the African Trade Group of the WCP on 5-6 November 2024, a round table for early-career researchers was held. During the session, experts shared…
The WTO Chairs in the African region organised a virtual International Conference on International Trade and Investment, with a special conference theme of ‘AfCFTA: Challenges and Opportunities’on the 7–8 September 2022. The organising and…
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 focus of the lecture will be on the concept of the Blue Economy and other related concepts which are used globally; the contribution of the Blue Economy at global level in promoting growth and generating employment; Blue Economy as a paradigm…
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION REGIONAL TRADE POLICY COURSE RTPC (MAURITIUS) 2019 The WTO RTPC fits within the WTO’s Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA) activities. These activies aim at enhancing the human and institutional capacity of…
This talk on 'Regional Integration in Africa:Where do we stand' is delivered by Professor Jaime de Melo and is based on the AEO2019 chapter 3. Interested readers may consult …
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.