The WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) hosted a Research Hub and Knowledge Sharing Webinar on 4 May 2026 to discuss a book titled “From Policy to Practice: Challenges and Ways Forward on…

The WTO Chair at North-West University (NWU) proudly marks the launch of the new book, Increasing Intra-African Trade – Can the African Continental Free Trade Area Be the Game Changer?, edited by Wilma Viviers, Martin Cameron, and Leila Baghdadi…

On November 28-29, 2023, the 22nd WTO and China Academic Annual Conference--WTO Reform and the 13th Ministerial Meeting was successfully held. This annual conference is co-sponsored by SUIBE, UIBE and China Society for WTO Studies, organized by…

On April 19–21, 2024, the first session of the 2024 Advanced Seminar on Digital Economy and Trade Capacity Building, hosted by the China Association of Trade in Services was held in Hangzhou Normal University, Zhejiang Province. Dr. GAO Tiantian…

This workshop was convened to strengthen the capacity of East African Community (EAC) Partner States in implementing the AfCFTA Protocol on Investment and preparing for the negotiation of the Annex on Dispute Settlement. Organized by the EAC…

Prof. Manfred Kouty, Co-Chair attended the first conference on AfCFTA Implementation Strategies: Towards an AfCFTA Implementation Peer Learning Community that took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 15 to 17 January 2024, co-organized by The United…