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The World Trade Institute (WTI) is the leading interdisciplinary academic institution dedicated to teaching and research focused on international trade and investment regulation, economic globalisation and sustainability. As a centre of excellence at the University of Bern with an international, interdisciplinary focus, we explore the interconnections between the fields of law, economics and political science.

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News and Information Archive

6 May 2024 | News

Best Complainant’s Written Submission for the 2nd European Regional Round!

Congratulations are in order!

2 May 2024 | Event

Ratnakar Adhikari, EIF Executive Director and WTI alumnus, will speak at the WTI. Join us!

Join the last Global Economic Governance seminar of this semester, with the Executive Director of the Enhanced Integrated Framework at the World Trade Organization (and MILE alumnus!).

1 May 2024 | News

Discover the course: Technical Barriers to Trade in Pursuit of Sustainable Development

How to harness the international trade system to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

Latest Publications

25 Apr 2024

The Ties that Bind: Immigration and the Global Political Economy

Extract In political economy, the factors leading a person to leave her country have received considerable attention, and diverse authors have evaluated the role played …

25 Apr 2024

Of patterns, processes and priorities: what the Global Compact for Migration Means by ‘aligning’ partnerships to the UN Agenda 2030

This dynamic Companion explores the connections - and disconnections - between migration and sustainable development as articulated by the UN’s Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development …

19 Mar 2024

Why is there no investor-state dispute settlement in RCEP? Bargaining and Contestation in the Investment Regime

Abstract The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is one of the most important mega-regional trade agreements signed to date. Yet, it failed to include an …

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Events

< May 2024 >

Silva Casa Auditorium, World Trade Institute
Hallerstrasse 6, Bern, Switzerland OR online
Brown Bag Seminar with Yuan Zi, Geneva Graduate Institute

Silva Casa Auditorium, World Trade Institute
Hallerstrasse 6, Bern, Switzerland
GEG Seminar with Ratnakar Adhikari

Silva Casa Auditorium, World Trade Institute
Hallerstrasse 6, Bern, Switzerland
Alumni Talk with Intan H. Hamdan-Livramento (MILE 1)

WTI Advisors Ltd.
Quai du Mont-Blanc 27, 1201 Geneva
Alumni Get Together in Geneva

13 May 2024