This paper tests the hypothesis that GDP growth volatility depends on trade openness, on economic governance and on the stage of development of a given economy. The results show that trade openness has a positive effect on growth volatility…
The presentation describes the origins of the economic and monetary union and the Euro area, the role of the European Central Bank (ECB), and the many factors that led to the euro crisis. The presentation concludes by proposing measures and…
Attached is the list of outreach activities that was held by the WTO Chairs Program at the University of Nairobi between January 2018 and 9th May 2018.
As part of the seminar series at ITAM, WTO Chair Advisory Board Member Professor Henry Gao is presenting a seminar on “Dictum on Dicta: Obiter Dicta in WTO Disputes” on May 4, 2018.
From 13-15 April 2016, at the invitation of American Brookings Institution, Prof. Zhang Lei, the Dean of SWTO attended China G20 Presidency Conference in Washington. As one of T20 (a network of G20) thematic meetings, China G20 Presidency…
Public Private Partnership for WTO Dispute Settlement is an interdisciplinary work examining the growing interaction between business entities and public officials. Crucially, it identifies how this relationship can enable developing countries to…
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…
The WTO Chair at Sultan Qaboos University hosted the Second MENA Trade Workshop “Trade, WTO and Food Security” on March 21 and 22, 2015. The two-day workshop has discussed the linkage between trade, WTO and food security as well as other trade…
The College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences at SQU, together with UNCATD organised a workshop on the date export development. The chair participated as a speaker on this workshop and delivered a speech on “Export Promotion Policies and…
The 4th MENA Trade workshop was held in Beit El Hikma, Carthage, Tunisia. The workshop was organized by the World Trade Organization Chair at Tunis Business School, University of Tunis in partnership with Birmingham Business School, University of…