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A centre of excellence at the University of Bern, dedicated to teaching and research on international trade and investment law and policy. www.wti.org
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WTI alumni!!!! Don't forget YOUR get-together. 27 May, 6 pm in Geneva 🇨🇭 !

Info & registrations 👉 www.wti.org/outreach/eve...

#Alumni #Reunion #Geneva
Alumni Get Together in Geneva
Alumni Get Together. Block your calendar and don't miss this unique networking opportunity. Register at communication@wti.org Kindly hosted by WTI Advisors LTD, Quai du Mont-Blanc …
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May 15, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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How can trade facilitate the transition to an inclusive circular economy?

Check out the course “Circular Economy, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Action” of the upcoming WTI Summer Academy.

Info and application www.wti.org/summer

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#circulareconomy
May 14, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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We are ready to welcome back to Bern, next Thursday, Miriam Manchin - from the Politecnico di Milano - for yet another great #BrownBag. Join remotely too!

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May 8, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Next Tuesday, alumna Intan Hamdan-Livramento (MILE 1) is coming back to the WTI to tell us her story, what she does now at the @WIPO and share her career advice.

Join us if you can!

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Alumni Talk with Intan M. Hamdan-Livramento (MILE 1)
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May 8, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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Join WTI alumni, friends, board members and faculty as they discuss the future of #trade. In the second of this new GIA-WTIAA webinar series, we’ll hear on:

Greening Global Trade: New Approaches to Aligning Trade and Environmental Goals

Register today!
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GIA-WTIAA Webinar #2: Greening Global Trade: New Approaches to Aligning Trade and Environmental Goals
The Global Impact Association and the WTI Alumni Association join forces to introduce a new webinar series. Several WTI alumni, WTI Board Members and WTI …
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May 7, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Trade Defense in Action: New Strategies for a Changing World - Join the first of a new webinar series, as leading trade experts – alumni and friends of the WTI - discuss current trade topics.

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GIA-WTIAA Webinar #1: Trade Defense in Action: New Strategies for a Changing World
The Global Impact Association and the WTI Alumni Association join forces to introduce a new webinar series. Several WTI alumni, WTI Board Members and WTI …
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May 7, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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We are extremely proud to welcome back to the WTI, Mr. Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), at the World Trade Organization, for this semester's last #GEG Seminar.

Join us too!

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May 2, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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"Technical Barriers to Trade in Pursuit of Sustainable Development": yet another amazing course this summer, to update your knowledge, advance your career, and network

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#sustainabledevelopmentgoals #SDGs #tradelaw #trade #CBAM #palmoil #GATT #ClimateChange
Technical Barriers to Trade in Pursuit of Sustainable Development - Course 4, Summer Academy 2024
This course will explore how to harness the international trade system to advance sustainable development. The course will cover legal and economic aspects o...
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May 1, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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Most of the most crucial technology to achieve #ParisAccord goals, #climatemitigation and #climateadaptation are protected by #IP rights. Learn everything about this issue at the 3rd course of our #SummerAcademy: wti.org/summer

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Climate Change: Intellectual Property Law and Technology Transfer - Course 3, Summer Academy 2024
Effective climate change mitigation and adaptation requires the implementation of appropriate technologies in all countries concerned. Most of these technolo...
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April 25, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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Join us for the next #BrownBag as Yuan Zi, from the Geneva Graduate Institute, presents her research on young women in #China and their #family decisions.
April 24, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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#tariff rates ... trade #protectionism ... non-tariff measures (#NTMs) ... and the role of private #corporations ... Join us next Friday as Christian Winkler from Geneva Graduate Institute
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will join us for certainly a fun debate!

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April 18, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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For anyone interested in #sustainableinvestment and #sustainabledevelopment, the course "International #InvestmentLaw and Sustainable Development" (1-5 July) is for you! Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyZA...

Online or on-site, do not miss this opportunity.

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April 17, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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Join us, in Bern or online, for yet another interesting #BrownBag seminar.

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Brown Bag Seminar with Niels Lachmann, University of Southern Denmark
International trade law and international investment law: avenues for addressing cross-border data flows? Abstract Data flows are at the heart of the digital economy. To …
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April 16, 2024 at 8:18 AM
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Join us as we welcome back alumnus Javier Gutiérrez (MILE 12), now Counsellor at #WTO, External relations, partnerships and strategic communications. He is the team leader for the #WTOPublicForum! Don’t miss it!

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Alumni Talk with Javier Gutiérrez (MILE 12)
Javier Gutiérrez, WTI alumnus (MILE12), is now a counsellor at the World Trade Organization working on strategic communications and partnerships. He is the team leader …
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April 11, 2024 at 7:46 AM
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The course International Climate Governance is for anyone interested in the law and economics of #climatechange & #climatejustice. In Bern or online, from 1 to 5 July, it’s your change to stay ahead of the competition! Apply now!

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International Climate Governance - Course 1, Summer Academy 2024
Tackling the climate crisis requires rapid and unprecedented regulatory change at domestic and international levels. This course will use a multidisciplinar...
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April 10, 2024 at 9:26 AM
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Marc Copelovitch, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will join the WTI for the upcoming Brown Bag: “The Information Economy: Media Usage, Political Networks, and Public Attitudes Toward Inflation, Unemployment, and Recession”.
April 9, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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Prof Manfred Elsig, Deputy Managing Director and Director of Research at the World Trade Institute, writes on the outcomes of the recent WTO MC13 for the
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"A Rather Sober Experience": Insights from the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference - Expert Blog | ENSURED
Issues like geopolitical gridlock and complex trade agendas hamper the World Trade Organization in fulfilling its mandate. What happended at the recent conference? And what role does the EU have to pl...
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April 2, 2024 at 8:28 AM
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Interested in the connection between #trade and #SustainableDevelopment? This course is for you! Attend online or on-site. Secure your spot at wti.org/summer

#technicalbarriertotrade
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#GATT #SDGs #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #CBAM
March 28, 2024 at 1:15 PM
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<>. This is how Khushnuda Raupova, a participant of the last WTI Winter Academy, summarises her experience.

Check out www.wti.org/summer
March 28, 2024 at 9:20 AM
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#India? BREAKING NEWS for our friends and partners in #India! For the first time, the WTI-Centre for WTO Studies (CWS) Joint Academy will have a 2-week track on #economics, in addition to the traditional #law track.

See you 3-28 June in #NewDelhi wti.org/education/sh...
WTI-CWS Joint Academy | WTI
The Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Policy run by the WTI and the Centre for WTO Studies (CWS) of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is held annually in Delhi. It is for law stu...
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March 26, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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#PhD and #Doctoral student in #economics (or closely related field)? Interested in #generalequilibrium modelling, #GAMS software?

Check out our upcoming course “General Equilibrium Modelling in a Complementarity Format”

Info and applications
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March 25, 2024 at 11:48 AM
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Efta investments in India - how to realise them? On 19 March, Prof Manfred Elsig, WTI Deputy Managing Director, was interviewed by the Swiss Radio #SRF’s "Echo der Zeit” on the recent “#EFTA-#India Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement". Listen here (in German).

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Efta-Investitionen in Indien - wie umsetzen? - Echo der Zeit - SRF
Im kürzlich beschlossenen Freihandelsabkommen mit Indien haben die Schweiz und die anderen Efta-Staaten zugesagt, dass ihre Unternehmen in den nächsten 15 Jahren 100 Milliarden Dollar in Indien invest...
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March 21, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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The WTI and the “Red Latinoamericana de Derecho Económico Internacional” sign a new MoU.

The WTI will provide two Winter/Summer Academy scholarships: to the best paper of the Global Jurist Prize (postgraduate category) and to the best speaker at the Latin American Moot Court.

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WTI signs new MOU with the Latin American Network of International Economic Law (Red-Lat DEI)
We are pleased to announce the conclusion of a new Memorandum of Understanding between the World Trade Institute (University of Bern) and the Latin American …
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March 20, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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The course “Introduction to International Negotiations”, taught by Felix Addor, is coming to a close this Friday.

But we’ve got more in store for you! What about …
- Digital Trade Law, with Mira Burri
- Trade Policy Making and the WTO, with Victor do Prado,

Hurry up! www.wti.org/education/sh...
March 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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Next Tuesday, Arti Gobind Daswani, from the Market Access Division of the WTO, will join us for an interesting discussion of the WTO Secretariat work. Join us!

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March 14, 2024 at 9:58 AM