The World Trade Forum is an annual event co-organised by the World Trade Institute and the European University Institute each autumn to discuss a topic related to the world trading system.
World Trade Forum
Where trade experts convene
World Trade Forum 2023
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The 2023 World Trade Forum will take place on 13-14 October 2023. It will bring together trade policy researchers and practitioners to discuss recent developments in global trade and investment.
Keep checking this page for the full program and the registration form.
Partners
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
European University Institute (EUI)
www.eui.eu
Bertelsmann Stiftung
www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/home
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
https://www.idos-research.de/
Media Partners
International Media Partner
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World Trade Forum archive
World Trade Forum 2019 – Links to videos of plenary sessions
World Trade Forum 2016 - event photos
The programmes for previous editions of the World Trade Forum can be found below:
2022, 'What Does the Future Hold for Trade Policy?'
2021, 'Digital, Green and Open? Global Trade Policy at a Crossroads'. Please click here to watch the recorded live stream.
2020, 'The Future of Trade Policy and External Cooperation: is Soft Power Passé?'
2019, 'Multilateralism at Risk'
2018, 'Trade, Development and Sustainability'
2017, 'Trade Policy in Turbulent Times'
2016, ‘Behind-the-Border Policies and Global Trade’
2015, '20 Years of the World Trade Organization'
2014, 'International Trade in Electricity and the Greening Economy'
2013, 'Trade Cooperation: the Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements'
2012, 'The Rule of Law in Monetary Affairs: Lessons from the Trade Field'
2011, 'New Directions and Emerging Challenges in International Investment Law and Policy'
2010, 'Trade Governance in the Digital Age'
2009, 'Making Decisions at the World Trade Organization: Past, Present and Beyond Doha'