A session at the WTO Public Forum 2024 on how digital trade can create both barriers and opportunities for persons with disabilities. My intervention focused on disability inclusion in trade agreements and on the policy solutions trade agreements…
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.…
The WCP hosted a second Research Hub and Knowledge-Sharing Webinar on 16 December 2025, exploring how the adoption of green innovations affects firms’ engagement in international trade, and how governance quality influences these outcomes.…
Scientific Hackathon to develop a draft regulatory act governing the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the field of trade. Scientific Hackathon was held featuring a specialized WTO-Round, where participants (20 students) developed a…
On November 10-11, 2023, the "Seminar on the Innovative Development of Service in Digital Trade" was held in Zhejiang Yuexiu University. Prof. HUANG Jianzhong, the WTO Chair Holder and Director of the WTO RTPC Centre was invited to…
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…
This session brings together distinguished guests from the WTO Chairs Programme to share insights on international trade from a Latin American perspective. Featured speakers include Rosmery Hernández, Chair of the WTO in Costa Rica; Juan Pablo…
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…
Prof. Manfred Kouty, Co-Titulaire de la Chaire OMC a participé à l'atelier sur le thème « Optimiser le potentiel de la ZLECAf en Afrique centrale : promouvoir l'inclusion et l'égalité des sexes dans les chaînes de valeur régionales », organisé en…