The World Trade Institute (WTI) is committed to advancing scholarly research in the fields of international trade law, economics, and political science. Our research staff regularly publish a broad array of academic works, including:
These publications reflect the interdisciplinary nature of our work and contribute to global debates on trade, investment, and sustainable development.
11 Jun 2025 | Working Papers
The paper by Peter Van den Bossche critiques how the WTO’s consensus-based decision-making—intended to ensure all members “have a say”—has often been misused. Members, notably I…
4 Jun 2025 | Working Papers
L’un des objectifs de la politique économique menée par l’administration Trump consiste à revitaliser le tissu in…
15 May 2025 | Working Papers
Selon le paradigme dominant à la fin de la guerre froide, l’ouverture des marchés et …
1 May 2025 | Working Papers
With near constant change in Donald Trump’s bilateral tariff policies, the global economy finds itself in uncharted territory. On top of Trump’s various ta…
1 May 2025 | Books/ Book Chapters
This chapter examines the different existing and potential layers of multilateral investment regulation. It begins with a historical overview of various failed efforts in this r…
1 May 2025 | Working Papers
The tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration on April 2, 2025 “Liberation Day” and on April 9, 2025 with a flat rate of 10% violate WTO tariff bind…
23 Apr 2025 | Journal Articles
The increasing number of international trade agreements, their varying content scope, and the diversity of members involved weave a complex w…
26 Mar 2025 | Working Papers
The literature on preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has mainly focused on the trade effects of nontrade provisions (NTPs) addressing environmental or lab…
26 Mar 2025 | Working Papers
We estimate the trade and income effects of regulatory developments concerning standardlike non-tariff measures…
21 Mar 2025 | Books/ Book Chapters
This chapter examines how the multilateral discussion on …
25 Feb 2025 | Policy briefs
The recent Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) claims regarding a 10% universal tariff on all U.S. imports rest on assumptions that th…
27 Jan 2025 | Books/ Book Chapters
In this chapter, Rodrigo Polanco argues that Latin American contributions to the internet have not been sufficiently acknowledged. He describes how the countries of the…
14 Jan 2025 | Journal Articles
For years, scholars in international relations have addressed questions related to regime complexity and its effects. However, there is a lack…
11 Dec 2024 | Working Papers
Gender equality is a fundamental human right and a prerequisite for achieving sustainable d…
10 Dec 2024 | Journal Articles
Due process is a central principle in most domestic legal systems and international dispute settlement, although its co…
6 Dec 2024 | Journal Articles
On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At the time of writing, the fighting continues, with the fron…
19 Nov 2024 | Working Papers
Economic growth theory has since linked innovation to growth hence countries developed a system in which works of human ingenuity ar…
19 Nov 2024 | Working Papers
Chapter by Craig Atkinson, WTI Non-Resident Fellow and joint Research Affiliate at Singapore Management University Centre for AI a…
30 Oct 2024 | Working Papers
The present research started from the legal analysis of women’s participatory rights in leadership positions in publ…
22 Oct 2024 | Working Papers
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping various facets of social, political and economic life. Within this transformative paradigm, both international organizations…
