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<title><![CDATA[Do WTO Rules Improve or Impair the Right to Food? ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Article by Christian Häberli in Joseph A. McMahon and Melaku G. Desta (eds.), Research Handbook On The Wto Agriculture Agreement: New and Emerging Issues in International Agricultural Trade Law, Edward Elgar, 2012, pp.50-72.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Globalization and Political Trust]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Working Paper No. 2012/05 by Dr. Justina A.V. Fischer]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MILE Scholarships for Nigerian Students ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Swiss Federal Office for Migration (FOM) sponsors four scholarships for the Master of International Law and Economics (MILE) Programme.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Society of International Economic Law's conference well attended by WTI delegation]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/news-archive/review-on-1st-conference-of-the-postgraduate-and-early-professionalsacademics-of-the-society-of-int/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:36:13 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas (Senior Research Fellow), Maria Anna Corvaglia (Doctoral Research Fellow, nccr Trade Regulation, MILE 9), Vladimir Talanov (MILE 11) and Arpit Bhutani (MILE 12) took part in the first Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics (PEPA) Conference organized in Hamburg by the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) in cooperation with the Institute of Law and Economics of the University of Hamburg and Leiden University. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Regulating biofuels production without impairing national food security]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:36:28 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Christian Häberli at the Third UNCTAD Global Commodities Forum (GCF, 23 – 24 January 2012), "Globalization and Commodity Trade: Harnessing Development Gains from Commodity Production".]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Preferential Liberalization of Trade in Services: African Perspectives And Challenges]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NCCR-Trade Working Paper No 2012/01 by Pierre Sauvé and Natasha Ward]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Services Commitments in Preferential Trade Agreements: Surveying the Empirical Landscape]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NCCR-Trade Working Paper No 2012/02 by Martin Roy]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Where to Spend the Next Million? Applying Impact Evaluation to Trade Assistance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[edited by Olivier Cadot, Ana M. Fernandes, Julien Gourdon and Aaditya Mattoo]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Additional rules of the game to ensure animal variety]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:23:57 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Michelangelo Temmerman has become an expert in the legal studies of a relatively young field, the role of patent rights in biotechnology. Based on his PhD thesis, the book “Intellectual Property and Biodiversity” deals with the question of how patent rights can offer incentives for farmers to breed new and improved species. An interview.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Migration and Trade: Prospects for Bilateralism in the Face of Skill-Selective Mobility Laws]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:28:02 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An article published in the Melbourne Journal of International Law 11:2 (2011). ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Intellectual Property and Biodiversity]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[by Dr Michelangelo Temmerman, World Trade Institute]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Legitimacy of WTO Law – On the Dangers of Fast-food Democracy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[by Samantha Besson, Professor of Public International Law and European Law and Co-director of the European Law Institute, University of Fribourg]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Re-conceptualizing the Global Digital Divide]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An article published in the Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce 2:3 (2011).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lectures on: International and European Law and Policy on Climate Change]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By Dr Joëlle de Sépibus on Fridays from 9:00 to 12:00 on:
30.9. / 7.10. / 21.10 / 28.10 / 4.11. / 11.11. / 2.12. / 9.12. and 16.12.2011
"Anna Nussbaum", IEW Hallerstrasse 6 (EG)
5 ECTS
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<title><![CDATA[Combining Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches for Climate Change Negotiations]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:34:05 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[by Rafael Leal-Arcas]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does the WTO Help Member States Clean Up?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NCCR working paper no. 201149 by Susan Ariel Aaronson and M. Rodwan Abouharb]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Presentation "Film Amicorum Thomas Cottier"]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:43:13 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This evening, Thomas Cottier received the film that friends and former colleagues produced on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The "Film Amicorum" accompanies Thomas Cottier's path through his professional positions by setting off on a journey around Geneva.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Food Sovereignty and its Discontents ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By Philipp Aerni]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10th anniversary of China’s accession to the WTO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thomas Cottier gave a key note speech at the conference “China in the WTO at Ten” in Xi’an, China on 4 November 2011.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Non-resident patent applications in the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILE Thesis 2011, authored by Alessandro Marongiu, under the supervision of Sacha Wunsch-Vincent]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peru’s Trade in Services: Multilateral and Preferential Liberalization]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILE Thesis 2011, authored by Cristina Sanchez Rocha, under the supervision of Pierre Sauvé]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Recession, Technological Changes and Other Factors as Unforeseen Developments in Safeguard Investigations]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILE Thesis 2011, authored by Hanna Mykolska, under the supervision of Gary N. Horlick]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Subsidies and Climate Change: Some Legal Aspects of Trade Policy Response]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILE Thesis 2011, authored by Andrii Gryshko, under the supervision of Gary N. Horlick]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Trade facilitation, logistics services and preferential trade agreements (PTAs): The case of the CARIFORUM EPA]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILE Thesis 2011, authored by Tim Kaeser, under the supervision of Pierre Sauvé]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Interest Consideration in Domestic and International Anti-dumping Disciplines]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/publication/public-interest-consideration-in-domestic-and-international-anti-dumping-disciplines/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILE Thesis 2011, authored by Viktoriia Kotsiubska, under the supervision of Gary N. Horlick]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Global Economic Crisis, Contemporary Protectionism, and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/publication/the-global-economic-crisis-contemporary-protectionism-and-least-developed-countries-ldcs/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILE Thesis 2011, authored by Mohammad Farhad, under the supervision of Prof. Simon J. Evenett]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Upcoming WTI / UNITAR e-Learning Courses (starting on 3 October 2011)]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/news-archive/upcoming-wti-unitar-e-learning-courses-starting-on-3-october-2011/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The four to six week long courses are designed specifically for officials and professionals wishing to deepen their knowledge and understanding of cutting-edge areas of international trade in a flexible and practical way. The courses are entirely self-taught via the internet. Apply now for these opportunities!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Book Launch: Governing the World Trade Organization: Past, Present and Beyond Doha]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/news-archive/book-launch-governing-the-world-trade-organization-past-present-and-beyond-doha/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a side event of the WTO Public Forum, the book launch takes place in Geneva.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medienmitteilung: Wechselwirkungen zwischen Migration, Handel und Entwicklung]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/news-archive/wechselwirkungen-zwischen-migration-handel-und-entwicklung/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Heute geht in Bern ein Treffen zu Ende, an dem Regierungsvertreter sowie Expertinnen und Experten aus Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft aus aller Welt über die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Handel, Migration und Entwicklung diskutiert haben. Das Treffen fand im Rahmen des Globalen Forums für Migration und Entwicklung statt, dessen Vorsitz die Schweiz 2011 innehat. Sie will die globale Diskussion zu Migration und Entwicklung konkretisieren  und das Verständnis für die Vielschichtigkeit des Themas fördern. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNCTAD and WTI promote cooperative relationship in investment]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/news-archive/unctad-and-wti-promote-cooperative-relationship-in-investment/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and The World Trade Institute (WTI) have agreed to work together to foster better understanding of cutting-edge issues in international investment law and policy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview with NCCR PhD student Lisa Salcedo]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/news-archive/interview-with-nccr-phd-student-lisa-salcedo/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the run-up to the University of Bern's Researchers' Night on 23 September 2011, its online newspaper "unilink" portrays various researchers. NCCR Trade Regulation (WP5) PhD student Lisa Salcedo was interviewed on her research on the pioneering work regarding bilateral migration agreements between France and Africa.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MILE alumni in the news]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Interview with Symone Betton (MILE 10), Minister/Counsellor at the Embassy of Jamaica in Brussels on the Caribbean perspective of the reform of the European Union's Generalised System of Preferences (in ICTSD Trade Negotiations Insight/TNI Volume 10:5, July 2011).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WTI, PITAD and ITC jointly organise training modules]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/news-archive/the-world-trade-institute-the-pakistan-institute-of-trade-and-development-and-the-international-tra/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA-II) Programme aims at modernising the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development’s Specialised Training Programme (STP). The STP is a nine month programme for newly inducted Commerce and Trade Group officers of the Civil Service of Pakistan.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Investment, trade in services and competition in Central America]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pierre Sauvé and Roberto Echandi from the WTI/NCCR Trade Regulation taught at the third module of the Regional Economic Integration Program which was held  from 6 to 11 June at INCAE Business School campus in Managua, Nicaragua]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Successful launch of WTI’s co-operation with the Faculty of Agronomy (University of Buenos Aires)]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/news-archive/successful-launch-of-wtis-co-operation-with-the-faculty-of-agronomy-university-of-buenos-aires/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The first of a series of training workshops for agricultural trade officials and other stakeholders in the agri-food chain from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay was held at the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires, from 30 May to 3 June 2011. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vacancy: Communications Officer World Trade Institute, University of Bern/NCCR Trade Regulation]]></title>
<link>http://www.nccr-trade.org/news-archive/vacancy-communications-officer-world-trade-institute-university-of-bernnccr-trade-regulation/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The World Trade Institute (WTI) and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Trade Regulation are currently seeking a well-qualified candidate for the position of Communications Officer. The position is based in Bern, Switzerland. 
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<title><![CDATA[African IEL Network Conference, 5-6 May 2011, Johannesburg]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Roberto Echandi and Charlotte Sieber-Gasser attended the first African IEL Network Conference in Johannesburg, hosted and organised by the Mandela Institute, University of Witwatersrand.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NCCR research in services trade presented at the Asian Development Bank in Manila]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pierre Sauvé and Anirudh Shingal co-authored a paper on the preferential liberalization of services trade, forthcoming in the Journal of World Trade. Anirudh presented results from this work at a Conference on Services at the ADB in Manila.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Manuel Oechslin awarded the Austin Robinson Memorial Prize]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Manuel Oechslin, WTI, University of Bern, was awarded the Austin Robinson Memorial Prize for his paper "Government Revenues and Economic Growth in Weakly Institutionalised States", published in The Economic Journal (Vol 120: Issue 545, pp. 631-650, June 2010)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[International Geneva Award ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Launch of the 2011 Edition of the International Geneva Award by the Swiss Network for International Studies]]></description>
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