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The EU's Foreign Economic Policies: A Principal-Agent Perspective
Workshop "The EU’s Foreign Economic Policies: A Principal-Agent Perspective". Organized by Andreas Dür (Salzburg University) and Manfred Elsig (WTI, University of Bern). 
20-21 November 2009, World Trade Institute, Berne, Switzerland

Symposium on Future Challenges of International Law: the Way Forward in Patenting Biotechnology
The World Intellectual Property (WIPO), in cooperation with the University of Berne and the World Trade Institute (WTI), will host a Symposium on Future Challenges of International Law: The Way Forward in Patenting Biotechnology.
25 November, World Intellectual Property Headquarters, Geneva

Lost in Temptation of Risk
Financial Market Liberalization, Financial Market Meltdown and Regulatory Reforms - Brown Bag Seminar by Brigitte Young, Professor for Political Science and International/Comparative Political Economy at the University of Münster, Germany.
27 November 2009, 12.15-13.45, Anna Nussbaum Auditorium, World Trade Institute, Berne, Switzerland


Kick-Off Workshop organised by NCCR Trade Regulation and NCCR Climate
For more information and a detailed programme click here.
27 November 2009, 08.30-17.30, Uni S, University of Bern, Switzerland

WTO Commitments on Domestic Support and Compliance Issues
Brown Bag Seminar by Roberto J. Garcia, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Visiting Research Fellow at the World Trade Institute.
2 December 2009, 12.15-13.45, Anna Nussbaum Auditorium, World Trade Institute, Berne, Switzerland

Book Launch: International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change
World Trade Forum Series edited by Thomas Cottier, Olga Nartova, Sadeq Z. Bigdeli, CUP, 2009
The World Trade Institute will organise a panel session at the Geneva Trade and Development Symposium (GTDS), which ICTSD is organizing in parallel to the next WTO Ministerial Conference from November 30 to December 2, 2009.
2 December 2009, 10.30-12.30, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva

NCCR Workshop on Time Management
Offered by Astrid Mehr, professional coach and psychologist. This workshop - jointly organised by the three Bern-based NCCRs - is especially tailored for PhD students and post docs.
4 December 2009, Berne, Switzerland

Workshop on Large-scale Investment in Agriculture and Land Opportunity and Risk for Food Security
NCCR Trade Regulation was represented by Work Package 4 (Christian Häberli), Work Package 6 (Simone Heri, Elisabeth Bürgi-Bonanomi, and Katja Gehne) and Work Package 1 (Katja Gehne). Read more.
15 October 2009, Bern
e, Switzerland

Biotechnologie und Moral im Schulunterricht
Artikel (erschienen am 28. Okt. im Urner Wochenblatt) über das NFP 59 Projekt von Philipp Aerni und Eveline Bergmüller zum Thema 'Biotechnologie und Moral im Schulunterricht'.

World Food Summit 2009: WTI/NCCR invited to join preparatory work
Christian Häberli, NCCR Senior Research Fellow, represented  the  WTI at the "High Level Expert Forum on 'How to Feed the World in 2050'" from 12-13 October 2009 in Rome.

Presentations by Elisabeth Bürgi as part of the Ecumenical Campaign by Fastenopfer and Brot für alle
"Stoppt den unfairen Handel" - stop unfair trade. More information here (4.5 MB, German).

The Redesign of the WTO and other Multilateral Economic Organizations
Video available now of the Book Launch and Table Discussion of 24 September 2009

Latest Volume World Trade Forum
Latest volume of the World Trade Forum: International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change
order now

Expansion of Trade and FDI in Emerging Asia: Strategic and Policy challenges
New book release: Julien Chaisse and Philippe Gugler, Expansion of Trade and FDI in Emerging Asia: Strategic and Policy challenges, London: Routledge, 2009, 304 p. [website]

Geographical Indications as a Tool for Rural Development in Developing Countries
NCCR/IP 5 on Sustainable Agriculture within WTO Law and Policy has completed an extensive research programme on geographical indications as a tool for rural development in developing countries.

WTI Events
Click here to see the upcoming events at the World Trade Insitute in Berne.




Phase II of the NCCR Trade Regulation commenced on 1 September 2009.

New Work Packages:

1. Trade Governance

2. Preferential Trade
3. Innovation and Creativity in International Trade
4. Trade Development and Migration
5. Trade and Climate Change
6. Impact Assessment in International Trade

Horizontal Issues

A new website will follow in due course.



The purpose of NCCR Trade Regulation is
to develop innovative, concrete policy recommendations that reflect a better balance between economic and other regulatory objectives.

 

The Project is located at:
World Trade Institute (WTI)
and the Department of Economic Law
Hallerstr. 6, 3012 Bern,
Tel.: +41 31 631 32 70 -
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http://wti.org/


In cooperation with:
the Universities of Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Lausanne, and Zurich; Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva; i-call (International Communications and Art Law Lucerne), University of Lucerne; Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee; School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London.


University of Bern


 



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