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.
9 Aug 2016 | Books/ Book Chapters
WTO law sets the global minimum standards for trade regulation, while allowing some regulatory flexibility for developing countries. The exact scope of regulatory flexibility is oft…
8 Aug 2016 | Working Papers, Policy briefs
r4d Working Paper 2016/8 by Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Abena Daagye Oduro, Ebo Turkson, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, Emmanuel Nii Abbey ABSTRACT: Inn…
5 Aug 2016 | Journal Articles
Journal article by Thomas Cottier in Maarten den Heijer and Harmen van der Wilt (eds.) Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2015, published by Springer, pp. 329-3…
2 Aug 2016 | Working Papers
r4d Working Paper 2016/7 by Paul Gérard Ravelomanantsoa, Ida Rajaonera and Faly Rakotomanana A…
1 Aug 2016 | Working Papers
r4d Working Paper 2016/06 by Paul Benjamin, assisted by Carole Cooper ABSTRACT: Labour law is the product of the balance of political and economic forces in a society. The election o…
29 Jul 2016 | Working Papers
r4d Working Paper 2016/5 by Rüya Gökhan Koçer ABSTRACT: As long as firms are concerned, formality and inf…
29 Jul 2016 | Journal Articles
Journal article by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Joseph F. Francois and Patrick Tomberger in Aussenwirtschaft 67.3, pp 47-63, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Resear…
27 Jul 2016 | Working Papers
SECO Working Paper 9/2016
22 Jul 2016 | Working Papers
NCCR Working Paper 2016/8 by Todd Allee and Manfred Elsig
5 Jul 2016 | Reports/ Presentations
Presentation by Thomas Cottier on regulatory cooperation in TTIP to the European League of Economic Cooperation in Milan, 17 June 2016
5 Jul 2016 | Reports/ Presentations
Slides of Thomas Cottier's presentation at the European Association of Resources Economics on 24 June
5 Jul 2016 | Journal Articles
Journal article by Todd Allee and Manfred Elsig in The Review of Internationa…
4 Jul 2016 | Working Papers
r4d Working Paper 2016/4 by Patrick Tomberger ABSTRACT: The vertical fragmentation of the production chains of final goods causes new cha…
1 Jul 2016 | Working Papers
SECO Working Paper 7/2016
1 Jul 2016 | Journal Articles
Article by Esther Anaya Vera and Rodrigo Polanco in Transnational Dispute Management Vol. 13, issue 2, June …
29 Jun 2016 | Journal Articles
Article by Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy in the Journal of World Investment and Trade 17 (2016…
29 Jun 2016 | Journal Articles
Article by Christian Häberli for the European Risk Regulation Journal Symposium on TTIP Leaks
28 Jun 2016 | Working Papers
SECO Working Paper 8/2016: The Halal Act is the first law in Indonesia, a Muslim majority nation, requiring Halal certification and labe…
24 Jun 2016 | Working Papers
SIEL Working Paper 2016/6 by Christian Häberli presented at the SIEL biennial conference 2016: This paper asks how countries can implement their commitments to limit …
22 Jun 2016 | Journal Articles
Article by Kym Anderson, Joseph Francois, Douglas Nelson, Glyn Wittwer in Review of International Economics, Volume 24, Issue 4, September 2016, pp 820–836…
