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Workshop on E-Commerce in cooperation with the WCP Team Member Assoc. Prof. Leyla Keser Berber and Bilgi Uni. IT Law Institute

The E-Commerce Workshop, organized in collaboration with Bilgi University’s IT Law Institute, was held on October 14th, 2017 at the Santral Istanbul Campus. Representatives of the Ministry of Customs and Trade (now Ministry of Trade), the private…

WTO Public Forum 2017 participation and dissemination of information to wider Turkish public

WTO Chair Holder for Turkey attended the WTO Public Forum 2017 and also undertook research in the WTO library on the basis of the discussions followed during the Forum. The Chair holder had the opportunity to listen to other Chair holders…

Service trade liberalization in Oman

The chair conducted a study on service trade liberalization in Oman collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The service sector in Oman contributes around 41% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and has shown a sustained annual…

Analyzing the effect of intra-regional and inter-regional trade integration schemes of the GCC countries

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are part of numerous free or preferential trade areas and are in the process of completing or negotiating others outside the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). In this proposed study we…

First Meeting of the UNDP-SIDA Working Group on SDGs

The Chair is a member of the UNDP-SIDA working group on trade and sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the Arab region. The working group mission is to develop trade policy proposals within the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) that will…