WTI sponsors the International Moot Court Competition at Gujarat National Law University (Gandhinagar, India)

This fourth Annual Competition took place on the new GNLU campus in Gandhinagar from 8 –12 February 2012. The GIMC attracted competing teams from 37 universities from India and other countries. Rafael Leal Arcas (WTI/NCCR Trade Regulation) and Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer (University of Basel/WTI, author of the moot court case) served as panelists in the Moot Court’s Final Round. The other moot court judges included professors and lawyers from large Indian firms and a Supreme Court judge as well as Shishir Priyadarshi from the WTO Secretariat and Mitsuo Matsushita, a founding member of the WTO's Appellate Body.

The case was about differences arising between two states regarding the interpretation of a Free Trade Agreement. The WTI awarded the winning team from the National Law School of India University Bangalore with a scholarship to its upcoming five-week Summer Academy on International Trade Regulation, taking place from 9 July to 10 August 2012.

The communications officer Corinne Karlaganis gave a presentation on the WTI’s programmes. Following the Moot Court, Rafael Leal Arcas gave a lecture on the role of regional trade agreements in the global climate change architecture to GNLU students.