The School of Economic Sciences at North-West University, together with researchers from the WTO Chairs Programme (WCP), proudly contributed to the 2025 Centenary Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA)—one of the country’s…

Prof David Luke, Extraordinary Professor at North-West University (NWU) and a member of the WTO-WCP team, has released his latest book, How Africa Eats, which provides a detailed analysis of Africa’s food systems, agricultural trade, and food…

On April 4, 11, and 18, 2024, Dr. GAO Tiantian from the WTO Chair Institute-China was invited to attend a seminar series organized by the WTO Law Research Society of the China Law Society, focusing on outcomes of the WTO’s 13th Ministerial…

El Programa de Cátedras de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) fue creado para respaldar y promover actividades académicas relacionadas con el comercio, en universidades e instituciones de investigación de países en desarrollo y menos…

En el marco de la Semana Académica de la Sede Regional Chorotega, los académicos Gerald Solano y Greivin Rodríguez expusieorn los resultados de la 12° Conferencia Ministerial de la OMC y retos de la 13° Conferencia Ministerial de la OMC en el…

En el marco de la Cátedra OMC-CR, perteneciente a la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, se busca generar y compartir conocimiento, posicionando a la región centroamericana a la vanguardia en los temas relevantes para el comercio internacional.…

Del 30 de octubre al 1 de noviembre de 2023, Bogotá fue sede de un seminario de alto nivel organizado por la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) para periodistas latinoamericanos especializados en economía. El programa abordó temas clave en…

On 23 February 2024, the "Prospect of 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13)" seminar jointly co-hosted by the WTO Chair at UIBE, WTO Law Research Society of China Law Society, and Network on International Trade and Investment System (…

Dr. Marnel Ferreira completed her PhD in International Trade in June 2025, under the supervision of Dr. Adelia Jansen Van Rensburg (Promoter) and Dr. Lorainne Ferreira (Co-promoter), both of whom serve as senior academics and active contributors…

Dr. Tiroyaone Ambrose Sirang obtained his PhD in International Trade in 2025. His doctoral research provides an important contribution to trade policy analysis in Southern Africa by assessing the potential economic impacts of a free trade…