I moderated the roundtable discussions on trade-policy agenda and gender, at International Trade and Gender Symposium, organised by ECLAC UN, and supported by UK Aid and WTO. In this session, we discussed the similarities and differences between…
A masterclass titled “2020: The New International Trade Scenario”, presented at the Faculty Seminar Series at the Department of International Relations at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
On October 18th, "2020 Global Trade and Economic Governance Forum" was grandly held on Gubei Campus of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE). The forum was co-organized by the World Trade Organization (WTO…
European Parliament Committee on International Trade invited me as an external advisor to comment on and contribute to the ongoing debate on how EU can mainstream gender considerations in future trade agreements. I am attaching the powerpoint…
As COVID-19 wreaked havoc on global trade, Martin Cameron (Managing Director of Trade Research Advisory, a spin-out company of the North-West University) and Prof Wilma Viviers (Research professor) in the TRADE (Trade and Development) research…
The panel focussed on exploring the alternative ways to settle diasgreements and disputes and reboot the existing dispute settlement machinery. Here are the skeleton points of my presentation: Ø AB crisis, right time to rethink…
The Governments of Mexico and the United Kingdom organised the event “Female economic empowerment in the COVID-19 context. It provided a space for participants to discuss ways to ensure the continuity of women’s and girls’ educational and…
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) upcoming selection by its members of the new Director-General (DG), is more critical than ever before. With a tightly contested race of eight highly-skilled candidates, a number of well renowned international…
Within a few short weeks, the coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread across the world and become a global phenomenon. All countries are deeply concerned about it and all countries will almost certainly be seriously affected by it, with some…
This presentation looks at the current state of play in trade facilitation as well as a look at how COVID-19 has impacted on movement of goods in and out of the country during the pandemic.