This article is published in the Journal of International Trade and Economic Development. The paper studies the impact of changes in Tunisia's exchange rate on the net external position of the agricultural sector. It shows that substitutability on production and consumption among domestically produced goods leads to an ambiguous impact for reasons that go beyond the Marshall-Lerner condition.
The objectives of this article published in Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies are to develop a partial equilibrium model for a dairy sector according to two approaches—“Quantity Formulation” and “Price Formulation”—and to show their equivalence under the assumption of perfect competition. We introduce the spatial dimension to present the“Price Formulation” approach of models developed by Bouamra et al. (1998) and Abbassi et al. (2008) .
The economic upturn and performance of Mauritius is a far cry from predictions made in the 1960s. The island’s remarkable economic performance since the 1980s can been attributed to a multitude of factors instrumental to the success of the economy, including structural reforms, outward looking export orientated strategies, diversification in the manufacturing, tourism and financial services sectors amongst others, sound economic governance and institutions, and significant investment in human capital.
Prof. Tabitha Kiriti-Nganga delivered a presentation on 41st regional course on key issues on the international economic agenda. The presentation covered:
This book is a timely and comprehensive analysis of the links between trade and food security, using available data as well as evidence from economic theory and history. It is an edited publication, drawing on expertise from senior staff at the WTO, a wide range of trade academics from both Asia and more widely, and the private sector (although the last possibly a little under represented given the importance of private traders and especially large corporations in the world food trading system).
This research funded by World Trade Organization Chair Program hosted by SQU, and done by Abdallah Akintola under the guidance of Dr Houcine Boughanmi, Dr. Hemesiri Kotagama and Dr. Lokman Zaibet, sought to explore the trade potential of Oman with the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) countries, focusing on both total trade and agricultural trade.
For the Fourth consecutive time and in collaboration with WTO, SQU held the Regional Trade Policy Course (RTPC) for the Middle East and North African Countries (MENA) starting on October 8 to November 30, 2017 and running for 8 weeks.
WTO Experts from the WTO Agriculture and Commodities Division presented class lectures for SQU Students registered in the courses “International Trade NREC 4410” and “Food Policy NREC 3102” during the 9th and 10th of November 2016. Ms. Marie-Bel Martinez lectured on the “WTO and the Agreement on Agriculture” and Mrs. Ulla Kask lectured on” Food Policies and the role of WTO”. The two WTO Experts helped in developing a new course on international trade offered for graduate students in the Department.
The Sixth Biennial conference on "International Economic Law in Unsettling Times" was organized by SIEL and hosted in American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. from July 12 – 14, 2018. The WTO Chair at FLACSO Argentina participated at the Panel “Interesting Times: “Trade and” the Future of the WTO? organized jointly by the Singapore, Mexican and Turkish WTO Chairs and supported by WTO Chairs’ Advisory Members Mark Wu and Henry Gao. Prof. Delich talked about Trade and Agri Standards: WTO as a Discipline for Fairness and Market Access.
Professor Bradly Condon, WTO Chairholder for Mexico, did a presentation on “The Multilateral Trade System and the Environment” (El sistema multilateral de comercio y el medio ambiente), at the Seminar for Latin American journalists in Mexico City on 23 October 2018. The event was organized by the WTO and the Secretariat of Economy of the Government of Mexico. The seminar, which was held in Spanish, brought together journalists from all over Latin America. Professor Condon gave a 15 minute presentation, which was followed by a 90 minute question and answer session with the journalists.