Bonnie Kersch
Bonnie devotes her time to Global Trade Compliance. As a Licensed Customs Broker, Certified Customs Specialist, Master Customs Specialist, Certified Export Specialist, and Incoterms 2020 certification recipient, she’s spent years navigating the labyrinth of global trade rules so others don’t have to. Bonnie specializes in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and e-commerce sectors, and has tackled just […]
Maria Anna Corvaglia
Maria Anna is a Lecturer in Commercial Law at the Leeds’ School of Law (since January 2020), after having served as lecturer for three years at the University of Birmingham. She has held Post-Doctoral Research Fellow positions at the Durham Law School (in the context of the ERC-funded research project on “Neo-Federalism”) and the University […]
Dr Damian Raess
Dr. Damian Raess is Full Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Laval University (Canada). He earned his PhD in social sciences from the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on public and private approaches to protect labor standards through trade. He is the co-creator of the Labor Provisions in Trade Agreements (LABPTA) dataset. […]
Steven Guest
Steven is a Professor of Negotiation at ESADE Business School (Ramon Llull University) in Barcelona, where he runs various programmes in negotiation, communications and conflict management. He is a visiting lecturer at LaSalle University and Toulouse Business School, among others, where he teaches on programmes related to his practical experiences in marketing, negotiation, tourism and […]
Arthur Appleton
Arthur E. Appleton is an Adjunct Professor of International Law at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna (SAIS-Europe), where he teaches International Trade Law. He is also on the visiting faculty and the Advisory Board of the World Trade Institute (University of Bern), and teaches Executive Education courses at the Graduate […]
Dr Christian Häberli
Christian Häberli has been a Fellow of the World Trade Institute (WTI) since 2007 and works as a lecturer and a consultant for scientific research and outreach activities in Europe, Asia, Africa, and in the Americas. He has produced over 70 publications on trade and investment issues related to agriculture, food security and food safety, […]
Rodrigo Polanco
Rodrigo Polanco is a senior lecturer, researcher, and academic coordinator of Master Programmes at the World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern, and a Legal Adviser for Spanish and Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law. In addition, he is a lecturer at the University of Luzern and a visiting professor at the […]
Dr Hanspeter Tschäni
Hanspeter has extensive experience in negotiating international trade and economic agreements, both with the EU and other economies. At the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO, he has served as Head of Section on International Economic Law and as Deputy Head of Division on Foreign Economic Services, with the rank of Ambassador. Hanspeter advised […]
Professor Thomas Cottier
Thomas is a Professor Emeritus of European and International Economic Law at the University of Bern and the co-founder and former Managing Director of the World Trade Institute. He has vast experience as a trade negotiator and as a professor in international economic law and policy. During the Uruguay Round, he was chief negotiator on […]
Davide Rovetta
Davide Rovetta is a customs and trade lawyer at Brussels based law firm Grayston and Company as well as Of Counsel at the Italian international audit and law firm Specchia & Associati acting mainly as a trial attorney with substantial experience advising and representing clients in customs and trade related matters, WTO law as well […]