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 US imports and the need to rescue the multilateral trading system at EL Universal: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/india-slaps-retaliatory-tariffs-…
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 current times are challenging for existing trade and investment rules. Hence, this field of study presents many interesting topical avenues for legal research, and now arguably more so than ever before. Law Schools Global League has launched a new working group. The work to be done by this working group will contribute to the global discussion on the regulations of global trade and investment rules. The participating legal scholars will analyze the ways in which international regulations and agreements can address the key changes in our society and international economy.
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).
WCP Chair holder Michael Ewing-Chow organized a WTO panel "Trade and X: the Future of the WTO" with other WCP Chair holders Bradly Condon, Valentina Delich, Pinar Artiran, chaired by Mark Wu and commented by Henry Gao at the SIEL conference in Washington DC in July 2018. Conference link: http://www.sielnet.org/SIEL2018
Created and ran a course on Trade and the Environment with Bradly Condon in July 2017 at ITAM, Mexico as part of the LGLS Summer School. This course focuses on the treatment of environmental and health regulation in trade and investment disputes. Its duration is 700 minutes, spread over 5 days in July 2017. Students will learn the basic obligations and exceptions that apply in WTO law and international investment law with regard to environmental regulations. They will apply this knowledge in class to analyze jurisprudence and present legal arguments in fictitious disputes (mini moots).
EPIC stands for "Empowering Perspectives on International Commerce", formerly known as the World Trade Model Community (WTMC). We are a community that serves as a dedicated forum for students to learn and discuss global trade issues ranging from various economic sectors by using different perspectives.
Global Trade Diplomacy (GTD) is a multi-disciplinary graduate program in International Trade Studies which is initiated and developed under WTO Chairs Program (WCP) UGM Indonesia. GTD is currently administered under Graduate Program in International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, UGM. It however comprises UGM’s faculty members originated from diverse academic backgrounds, ranging from Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture to Faculty of Economics and Business.
Topics Developed
The Centre for World Trade Studies UGM undertook the following research project in collaboration with the Indonesian National Public Procurement Agency (NPPA) in 2018. The first research project analyses the readiness of Indonesian domestic suppliers to encounter the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) in Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA).