The Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (SRC) at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, and the University of Newcastle, are pleased to be jointly hosting a free virtual workshop/short course on “Trade and the Blue Economy” with a focus on CARICOM countries from 3-7 October 2022. The course is being made possible through the sponsorship provided by a number of regional and international organizations.
This study uses inverse probability weighting and matching estimators to examine the impact of women’s training in small-scale fisheries value chain on their incomes, household food security, and dietary quality in four sub-Saharan countries. It further investigates pathways by which training influences households’ food consumption. The analysis reveals that households of trained women experience 8–9 percentage points higher food security and 3 percentage points better dietary quality compared to untrained counterparts.
A bioeconomic analysis using the Gordon-Schafer surplus production model was conducted on Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta), Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), Kingfish (Scomberomorus commerson), and Indian Oil Sardine (Sardinella longiceps) based on data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Wealth, and Water Resources of Oman from 1990 to 2020.
WTO Chair - Ecuador, in partnership with the Centro Andino de Estudios Internacionales and Radio Voz Andina Internacional at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar - Sede Ecuador invite you to listen to the eighth episode of "Conversations with Trade Negotiators".
This time, the distinguished guest is Homero Larrea Monard, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade.
Join the conversation and learn about the Homero Larrea Monard's experience!
Recording of this episode of #ConversationsWithTradeNegotiators is available on Spotify, on Radio Voz Andina Internacional, on YouTube, and on Ecuador WTO Chair
As the Phase III Chair-Holder of the WTO Chair Programme (“WCP”), the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy (“ACWH”) of National Taiwan University (“NTU”) held an international conference on Fisheries Subsidies Agreement (“FSA”) at NTU on 18-19 September 2023.
Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy (ACWH), College of Law, on behalf of National Taiwan University, was selected as a member of Phase III of the WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) in 2022. This program involves conducting in-depth research, teaching, and promoting WTO-related issues. ACWH will hold a one-and-half-day international academic conference at the International Conference Hall of the Tsai Lecture Hall, College of Law, National Taiwan University, on 18-19 September 2023.
Labor rights and working conditions may be affected if international trade and investment agreements are concluded between contracting parties. Some assert that these agreements advance states’ labor conditions because boosting economic activities creates job opportunities and raises wages. Others are concerned that the “race-to-the-bottom”