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Check this out! Intellectual Property Law and Technology Transfer

Discover Course 3 of the WTI Summer Academy 2024

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The World Trade Institute and the University of Bern join Sexual Harassment Awareness Day

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Delegation from Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE) visits the WTI

On Monday, 22 April 2024, five delegates of SUIBE visited the WTI as a follow up to the signed MoU between the two institutions.

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Empowered Young Women: Trade Liberalization and Women’s Family Decisions in China

Join the next Brown Bag Seminar with Yuan Zi, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Graduate Institute of Geneva

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The Annual Report of the World Trade Institute is out!

The latest edition of the World Trade Institute's Annual Report is now available to download.

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"Tailored Protectionism – How Big Firms Shape Non-Tariff Measures”: Brown Bag Seminar with Christian Winkler

Christian Winkler, PhD candidate in International Relations and Economics (Minor) at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, will join us at the WTI. Title of his talk: "Tailored Protectionism – How Big Firms Shape Non-Tariff Measures"

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Join the webinar "Trade Meets AI: Navigating in a ‘Digital New World’"

Tomorrow at 9 am (CEST), several WTI-affiliated experts and alumni will be panelist at this webinar. Join them as they discuss the role of AI for trade professionals.

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Watch the video: International Investment Law and Sustainable Development

Discover Course 2 of the WTI Summer Academy 2024

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Brown Bag Seminar with Niels Lachmann, University of Southern Denmark

Niels Lachmann, PhD fellow at the SDU-University of Southern Denmark and Visiting Research Fellow at the WTI, will present on "International trade law and international investment law: avenues for addressing cross-border data flows?"

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Welcome back, Javier!

On 23 April, the World Trade Institute welcomes back alumnus Javier Gutiérrez (MILE 12), now Counsellor at the World Trade Organization (WTO), External relations, partnerships and strategic communications. Join us too!

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Alumni! Block your calendar: 27 May in Geneva

Alumni Get Together: Join us on Monday, 27 May 2024

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Unlocking opportunities

Download our brand new brochure! Discover the World Trade Institute!

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Watch the video: International Climate Governance

Discover Course 1 of the WTI Summer Academy 2024

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Brown Bag: "The Information Economy” with Marc Copelovitch, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Marc Copelovitch, Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will join the WTI for the upcoming Brown Bag. His presentation is on:

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MILE Alumni Profile: Ratnakar Adhikari

Ratnakar Adhikari, a graduate of MILE 2, is Executive Director of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), a programme supporting least developed countries to be more active in the global trading system. In this interview he talks about the challenges in store and how MILE set him on his career path.

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Prof Fornalé at the Regional Consultation on the elaboration of CEDAW General Recommendation No. 40

WTI Professor Elisa Fornalé has been invited to take part in the Regional Consultation on the elaboration of CEDAW General Recommendation No. 40 on the equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems for Eastern European States, Western European and other States.

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Conference "Asian and African Perspectives on Law and Sea-level Rise” (Lisbon, 3 October)

WTI’s research fellow, Dr. Aylin Yildiz Noorda, is co-organizing a conference titled "Asian and African Perspectives on Law and Sea-level Rise" and the call for papers is out!

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"A Rather Sober Experience": Insights from the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference, by Prof Manfred Elsig

Prof Manfred Elsig, Deputy Managing Director and Director of Research at the World Trade Institute, writes on the outcomes of the recent WTO MC13 for the ENSURED Europe blog.

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PhD course: General Equilibrium Modelling in a Complementarity Format (13-18 May 2024)

The course is intended for PhD students in economics or a closely related field who are interested in general equilibrium modelling with GAMS software. Students from all Swiss universities may enrol. A limited number of people with relevant professional or academic interest may be also admitted. The goal of the …

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EFTA investments in India - how to realise them? Prof Elsig interviewed by SRF

On 19 March, Prof Manfred Elsig, WTI’s Deputy Managing Director, was interviewed by the Swiss-German Radio station SRF’s "Echo der Zeit” broadcasting on the recently concluded "EFTA-India Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement". Listen here (in German).

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