Short course on Trade and the Blue Economy

The Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (SRC) at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, and the University of Newcastle, are pleased to be jointly hosting a free virtual workshop/short course on “Trade and the Blue Economy” with a focus on CARICOM countries from 3-7 October 2022. The course is being made possible through the sponsorship provided by a number of regional and international organizations.

Desglobalización y fragmentación del comercio: impactos en la integración regional y las cadenas globales de valor

Este artículo explora cómo la desglobalización y la fragmentación del comercio están reconfigurando los patrones de integración regional y los flujos de las cadenas de valor globales. Empleando un enfoque de métodos mixtos, combina análisis históricos, estudios de casos y datos económicos para examinar los impulsores y las consecuencias de estos cambios.

Workshop on Regional Economic Integration and Trade Facilitation

Prof. Manfred Kouty, Co-Chair attended the Workshop On Regional Economic Integration And Trade Facilitationorganized by ESAMI-trapca, Tanzania from 12th August to 16th August 2024.

Le boom de l’économie numérique : quelles perspectives pour l’intégration en Afrique centrale ?

L'Union Africaine (UA), suivant son Agenda 2063, a pour vision, de bâtir une « Afrique intégrée, prospère et pacifique, dirigée par ses propres citoyens, et représentant une force dynamique sur la scène internationale» à l'horizon 2063. C'est dire que l'intégration régionale est au cœur du schéma de développement des pays africains. Cependant, malgré de nombreuses avancées, les performances d'intégration régionale sont encore loin des attentes des populations africaines.

GEO-ECONOMIZING MEGA RTA’S/REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS: HOW TO STATE-CRAFTING INDONESIA’S ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY THROUGH RCEP

This outreach activity is part of a focused group discussion (FGD) organized by and attended by government officials from the Indonesian Ministry of Trade and other relevant ministries and institutions. Content of my presentation include:
■ RCEP as Mega RTA’s – Key Features/Claims, Opportunities and Challenges, Contexts of ASEAN Plus
One Schemes
– Key Features
– Opportunities and Challenges
– Best Practices and Lessons Learnt (from “ASEAN Plus One” Schemes)
■ State-crafting Economic Diplomacy (ED) – Proposed Approach

THE POST-PANDEMIC WORLD: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPMENT

O objetivo deste seminário é instar grandes especialistas, nacionais e internacionais, a oferecer um balanço sistemático das alterações globais, passado um ano desde o início da pandemia. A proposta é que este balanço sirva, por meio de um documento de trabalho, de subsídio para discussões sobre estratégias de inserção internacional do Brasil. O seminário será organizado em torno de 4 pilares:
 

20th IBRAC SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Professor Thorstensen participated in this seminar on international trade in the discussion on Brazil's accession to the OECD. 
 
More information may be found here

O BRASIL ENTRE UNIÃO EUROPEIA E ESTADOS UNIDOS: uma leitura comparada das regulações da OMC e textos do Mercosul-UE e USCMA

The book analyzes, in a deep and comparative way, the last generation of regulatory clauses of Mercosur- EU and USCMA trade agreements. There is a specific chapter on sustainability in the Mercosur – EU, USCMA and CPTPP agreements.

Commercial Diplomacy

Overview. Students study the core principles of international trade system (ITS), and mechanisms of its development
The aims of the course are:

  • To teach students to understand the main problems and prospects of modern processes of regional integration and trade liberalization.
  • To develop skills of preparing and conducting international trade negotiations, including negotiations on bilateral trade liberalization.

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF EU ECONOMIC POLICY

The module is devoted to the contemporary economic position of the European Union as both integrated entity and community of independent countries. Different aspects of EU common policy in various economic areas are analyzed. Principal attention is paid to the implications of the global economic/financial crisis of 2008-2010  for the EU.
 
Key objective: outlining main regularities of the modern economic policy’ realization  in the European Union