2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Dr Gustav Brink On 29 February, Dr Gustav Brink, an expert on WTO dispute resolution from XA Consultants, delivered a guest lecture as part of the ECON 616 International Trade Theory and Policy course. In his…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Mr Philip Wylie On 4 March, Mr Philip Wylie, a freight and logistics specialist and consultant, delivered a guest lecture to the Economics Honours class. Philip focused on the state of infrastructure in…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Mr Peter Draper On 21 April, well-known trade expert Mr Peter Draper of Tutwa Consulting addressed students and staff at the NWU School of Economics on the current state of SA-US trade relations and what the…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Prof Nik Theodore On 17 March, Prof Nik Theodore from the University of Illinois in Chicago, USA, visited TRADE and delivered a lecture at a ‘brown bag’ lunchtime seminar on: ‘Exploring frontier zones of the…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Recent outputs from TRADE TRADE prides itself on being highly responsive to local and international developments in the economics and trade spheres – as evidenced in its many timely and high-quality outputs, including journal…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Upcoming events Name of event: 2016 TRADE-WTO awards ceremony Date: 21 July 2016 Details: WTO awards to recognise and encourage excellent scholarship and WTO-related research at TRADE Enquiries: trade@nwu.ac.za Name of…, NWU Intercampus discussions, Date: 29 August 2016 Details: Discussions between the different NWU campuses regarding collaborative research and teaching Enquiries: trade@nwu.ac.za Name of event: GTAP introductory workshop Date: 6-8 September 2016 Details: An introductory workshop for…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 Welcome from Prof Wilma Viviers, Director of TRADE I am delighted and proud to bring you the first newsletter of TRADE, a research entity at the North-West University in South Africa. Our choice of the name TRADE (which is an…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 WTO honours the North-West University In 2014, following a rigorous global selection process, the North-West University was awarded a prestigious WTO Chair by the World Trade Organisation, joining the ranks of universities…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 WTO Chair launch The World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva has awarded one of its prestigious Chairs for 2014 to Prof Wilma Viviers of the North-West University. Viviers, whose ground-breaking research has propelled her…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 WTO Chairs Programme The WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) aims to enhance people’s knowledge and understanding of the multilateral trading system by awarding research Chairs to selected universities and/or research institutions in…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 WTO-TRADE roundtables on Global Value Chains bring together government, business and academia During 2015, the TRADE research entity convened two roundtables on the theme of Global Value Chains (GVCs) as part of the WTO…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 WTO-TRADE roundtable #1 The first WTO-TRADE roundtable on Global Value Chains (GVCs) and trade facilitation was convened by the TRADE entity on 19 March 2015 at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus. Attended by…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 WTO-TRADE roundtable #2 The second WTO-TRADE Global Value Chains roundtable took place on 5 June 2015 at the TRADE research entity. Several themes were discussed in separate focus groups which concentrated on: the…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 TRADE team showcases research findings at WTO Aid for Trade Conference, Geneva Prof Wilma Viviers and two colleagues from the TRADE team were invited to present a paper at the World Trade Organisation’s 5 th Global Review of…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 WTO-TRADE policy brief series gets underway The TRADE research entity has commenced a process of writing policy briefs, aimed at debating meaty economic and trade issues confronting South Africa today and recommending…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 TRADE's visibility grows at local and international conferences TRADE team members have been very active on the local and international conference circuit over the past year, presenting papers on the results of various…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 17th Ruiterbosch Conference On 8 May 2015, Prof Peet Strydom, an extraordinary professor in the TRADE research entity, presented a joint paper with Prof Wilma Viviers on the topic 'Global Value Chains: A new era for South…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 ESSA Conference The Economic Society of South Africa's biennial conference took place from 2-5 September 2015 and was hosted by the University of Cape Town. Several members of the TRADE team attended the conference and…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #1/2015 SAAFF 'New Frontiers' Conference Dr Sonja Grater was invited to be a speaker at the prestigious annual conference of the South African Association of Freight Forwarders ( SAAFF ), which was held at the International…
2020-11-18Agricultural Economics conference A number of TRADE team members were invited to join the organising committee of the 53 rd annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), which was held at the Vredefort Dome in the…
