Trade, Development and the Doha Round: Current Issues for Vietnam, South Africa and Peru

A comprehensive, four-year trade capacity building project was initiated by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) in early 2010. The World Trade Institute (WTI) at the University of Bern acts as the project’s implementing agency. The partner institutions are the Mandela Institute / University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa), the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima, Peru), and the Foreign Trade University (Hanoi, Vietnam). In the context of the cooperation project’s Annual Meeting and the upcoming WTO Ministerial Meeting, to be held in Geneva 15th-17th December, the cooperation partners have the pleasure to invite you to a half-day academic workshop, devoted to the trade and development policy interface in Vietnam, Peru and South Africa.

Schedule

10:00-10:10: Introduction (Pierre Sauvé)

10:10-10:40: “Vietnam’s WTO Accession: Hopes, Achievements, Lessons Learnt”: Huong Nguyen (WTI PhD student) and Dao Thi Thu Giang (Vice President, Foreign Trade University)

10:40-11:10: “FTAs: A Cornerstone of Current Trade Policy Making in Peru”: Victor Saco (WTI PhD Student) and Elvira Mendez Chang (Jefa del Departamento, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)

11:10-11:30: Break

11:30-12:00: “Current Issues in Trade Policy Making in South Africa, particularly regarding the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights”: Pamela Andanda (WTI visiting fellow), Jonathan Klaaren (Dean of the Law School, University of the Witwatersrand)

12:00-12:15: “Trade Policy Making in Emerging Economies: Swiss Perspectives”: SECO (tbd.)

12:15-13:00: Discussion