The first Ecuador WTO Model kicks off with training sessions delivered by 7 distinguished speakers: 1. Santiago Wills, Director de la División del Consejo General y del Comité de Negociaciones Comerciales de la Organización Mundial del…

Sign up for the First WTO Simulation Model in Ecuador! This is an initiative of the WTO Ecuador Chair of the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Sede Ecuador in collaboration with the WTO Chairs Programme, which will take place from October…

WTO Chair - Ecuador, in partnership with the Centro Andino de Estudios Internacionales and Radio Voz Andina Internacional at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar - Sede Ecuador invite you to listen to the eighth episode of "Conversations… Recording of this episode of #ConversationsWithTradeNegotiators is available on Spotify, on…

The study presented was on on realistic scenarios for Tunisia's economic and social development by 2040. Prepared by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the WTO Chairs Programs of the University of the Northwest in South Africa and the…

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…

Organised this online conference, with 20+ speakers and discussants from different universities and 100+ participants overall. The discussions focussed on rethinking, repackaging and rescuing world trade law. Details here:…

A discussion session with TradeTankMx, the very first think tank established in Mexico which focusses on international trade law issues. At this disucssion, we discussed various options of how Mexican WTO Chair Program, ITAM and TradeTankMx can…

No one is a winner in this game of tariffs. With a string of recent protectionist actions, the WTO Members have opened the pandora box. Can we close it to rescue the multilateral trading system? Have a look at my take on India's recent tariffs on…

The forty-first UNCTAD regional course on key issues on the international economic agenda organized by the University of Nairobi, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya. Covered the following topics:  …

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,…