• Welcome session
• Why do countries need trade policies?
• The role of the WTO and other fora/institutions
• Trade/cooperation agreements

• Core principles of the World Trade Organisation
• Most favoured nation
• National treatment
• Transparency

The role of major trading partners in the formulation and implementation of trade policy and investment

• Africa
• Asia-Pacific
• EU and UK
• US

• How do disputes arise and how they are resolved?

• Classification and tariffs
• Quotas
• Rules of origin

• Trade remedies
• Subsidies
• Anti-dumping

• Technical barriers to trade.

• Agriculture
• Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures

• Balancing trade with non-trade concerns

• Intellectual property‍
• Competition law

• Investment protection and promotion.

• Trade in services (economic and legal perspectives)

• Global Value Chains, Digital Trade

• Digital trade

• Public procurement

• Climate change
• Environment
• Sustainability

• International trade and labour standards

• Lifecycle and key stages of trade agreements
• Timing and cultural factors
• Techniques
• Case studies
• Role play exercises