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 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…