The World Trade Forum is an annual event co-organised by the World Trade Institute and the European University Institute each autumn to discuss a topic related to the world trading system.
World Trade Forum
Where trade experts convene
World Trade Forum 2024
World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland
6-7 September 2024
Our annual flagship conference, co-organised with the Global Governance Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Sciences (European University Institute), it brings together researchers and practitioners working in the area of trade and development.
Programme
WTF Information Package
25th anniversary of the World Trade Institute
Partners and sponsors
The World Trade Forum gratefully acknowledges the generous support of past sponsors and partners:
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- International Growth Centre (IGC)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy Home Page (CITP)
- Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO)
- Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
- Sao Paulo School of Economics, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EESP)
- APEC Study Center (ASC) at Columbia University
- Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
- World Economic Forum
- Boston Consulting Group
- Institute of Malaysian and International Studies
World Trade Forum archive
World Trade Forum 2019 – Links to videos of plenary sessions
World Trade Forum 2016 - event photos
The programmes for previous editions of the World Trade Forum can be found below:
2023, Non-economic objectives and international trade
- Online photo gallery of the event
- Video recordings of all sessions and interview with key speakers
- News article summarising the event.
- Full program (PDF)
- General info about the conference
2022, 'What Does the Future Hold for Trade Policy?'
2021, 'Digital, Green and Open? Global Trade Policy at a Crossroads'. Please click here to watch the recorded live stream.
2020, 'The Future of Trade Policy and External Cooperation: is Soft Power Passé?'
2019, 'Multilateralism at Risk'
2018, 'Trade, Development and Sustainability'
2017, 'Trade Policy in Turbulent Times'
2016, ‘Behind-the-Border Policies and Global Trade’
2015, '20 Years of the World Trade Organization'
2014, 'International Trade in Electricity and the Greening Economy'
2013, 'Trade Cooperation: the Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements'
2012, 'The Rule of Law in Monetary Affairs: Lessons from the Trade Field'
2011, 'New Directions and Emerging Challenges in International Investment Law and Policy'
2010, 'Trade Governance in the Digital Age'
2009, 'Making Decisions at the World Trade Organization: Past, Present and Beyond Doha'