On 25 February 2025, Prof David Luke delivered a public lecture which attracted more than 300 International Trade students, academics, and members of the public. The lecture, titled “How Africa Trades,” explored Africa’s rapidly evolving…
In 2025, Dr. Adelia Jansen van Rensburg, WTO–WCP Chair at the North-West University, deepened cooperation between the School of Economic Sciences and the International Trade Law specialists in NWU’s Faculty of Law. This growing partnership…
Former WTO–WCP Chair of South Africa, Prof. Wilma Viviers, continues her longstanding research collaboration with Prof. Jonathan Calof of the University of Ottawa, Canada. Together, they have advanced studies on export behaviour, competitive…
… Ali Parry has been an integral member of the NWU WTO-WCP team since its inception, contributing significantly to every pillar of the Chair’s work — research, capacity building, and outreach. Her academic achievements and professional leadership…
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 presentation was presented by Prof Wilma Viviers and Prof Leila Baghdadi at the ISS webinar on 10 December 2020. The presentation was titled Tunisia's export opportunities Focus: Africa and EU
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…
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…
Two TRADE members presented papers at the 22nd Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP)) that took place at the University of Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland on 19-21 June 2019.
Emmanuel Orkoh obtained his PhD under the supervision of TRADE members Prof Derick Blaauw (promoter) and Dr Carike Claassen (co-promoter) in May. In his thesis titled ‘Essays on trade openness, wage, poverty and intra-household time…