Week 1: Introduction; Trade Policy Formulation, Analysis and Implementation

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One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. Sophocles

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Week 1:

Introduction; Trade Policy Formulation, Analysis and Implementation

Monday, 20 Jan. Tuesday, 21 Jan. Wednesday, 22 Jan. Thursday, 23 Jan. Friday, 24 Jan.

Global value

chains and

moving

products

and services

across

borders…

9:30-11:00 9:30-10:15 Opening ATPC Course Patron - H.E. Mr. Michael Punke, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the United States to the WTO; ITTC

Trade Architecture -Roundtable: Global value

chains and their role in development (Christian Henn, ERSD; Xiaobing Tang, MAD; Hoe

Lim, TSD; Karsten Steinfatt, TED; Rainer Lanz, Development-CTD

SS Unit)

Quantitative restrictions (Roy Santana & Lizzie

Medrano, MAD)

Case preparation: Databases & analytical

tools -

Tariff Download Facility & World tariff profiles

(Adelina Mendoza, ERSD-MAIS)

Case preparation: Databases & analytical tools

-

I-TIP (incl. I-TIP Services) (Joaquin Montes Rodriguez,

ERSD-MAIS) 11:15-12:30

10:40-11:15 Administrative matters / Logistics (Annie Urbanski,

ITTC-Logistics Unit) 11:15-12:30 PC set up / Virtual Classroom (David Moro, ITSD; Anggela Zutta, ITTC

- E-Learning Unit)

Import Licensing Procedures (Xiaodong Wang, MAD)

14:00-15:30

Overview the Course, Evaluations & Trade Policy

Presentations project (Lissette Nonalaya Aranda,

Vonai Muyambo & Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU)

Tariffs, tariff concessions and WTO Schedules (Xiaobing Tang, MAD)

Case preparation: Databases & analytical

tools - IDB and CTS through TAO (Antonia Diakantoni, ERSD-MAIS) Modification of tariff concessions (GATT Article XXVIII) (Suja Rishikesh, MAD)

Using trade research and analysis in policy making:

Ex-ante analysis of trade policy changes (Cosimo Beverelli, ERSD) M3 M4 M6 M5 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M1 M1

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Interpreters 15:45-16:00

Website 16:00-16:20 Docs Online 16:20-16:40

Library 16:40-17:00 (Pamela Davidson, LDIMD

Interpretation Section; Steve Cooper, IERD-Internet; John Dickson,

LDIMD-ODRS; Richard Pollock, LDIMD-Library)

17:00-17:30

Guided tour of the WTO (Edmundo Murray, IERD)

Informal Session with ATPC Course Patron - H.E. Mr. Michael Punke

17:30-18:30 Reception for ATPC

Participants & Trainers with ATPC Course Patron

-H.E. Mr. Michael Punke, (1st_{floor, new building)}

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Week 2:

Trade Policy Formulation, Analysis and Implementation

… and right

to regulate

Monday, 27 Jan. Tuesday, 28 Jan. Wednesday, 29 Jan. Thursday, 30 Jan. Friday, 31 Jan. 9:30-11:00

Rules of origin

(Darlan F. Martí, MAD) workshop for Trade Policy Communication skills Presentations project (Consultant - Swissnova) 10:00 to 13:00 Committee on Agriculture 72nd_{Regular Meeting} (preceded by a briefing session, 9:30-10:00 Alicja Wielgus,

ITTC-GBCU)

SPS Case Studies (Christiane Wolff &

Anneke Hamilton, AGCD-SPS Section)

DS Cases: Tuna II, Tyres (Alvaro Antoni & Ludivine

Tamiotti, TED) 11:15-12:30

14:00-15:30 Simulation (role-play

game): Protecting national fruit producers

(Darlan F. Martí, MAD)

Preparation - Trade Policy Presentations (Raymundo Valdés, IPD;

Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU)

SPS Case Studies (Christiane Wolff & Anneke Hamilton,

AGCD-SPS Section)

DS Cases: Clove, COOL (Devin McDaniels & Erik Wijkstrom, TED)

Trade & Environment - Trade & Climate Mitigation

Measures 14:00-15:00 Background (Karsten Steinfatt, TED) 15:15-17:00 Roundtable: Jose Alcorta, ISO; Ingrid

Jegou, ICTSD; Antonia Carzaniga, TSD; Ludivine

Tamiotti, TED 15:45-17:00

17:00-17:30 Evaluation & Oral

Feedback (Alicja Wielgus,

ITTC-GBCU)

Evaluation & Oral Feedback (Lissette Nonalaya Aranda,

ITTC-GBCU) M12 M13 M14 M15 M16 M17 M17 M18 M18 M19

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Week 3: Trade

Disputes

and Enforcement

Managing

trade

disputes

Monday, 3 Feb. Tuesday, 4 Feb. Wednesday, 5 Feb. Thursday, 6 Feb. Friday, 7 Feb. 9:30-11:00

"Cotton" Case (Raúl Torres, Development-CTD Unit; Clarisse Morgan, Rules)

"My time"

Self-study / Self-organized meetings with Members

and/or Secretariat staff (Susan Hainsworth, ITTC-"Export Credits" Case GBCU; Cédric Pene, AGCD)

GATS Implementation - Selected issues (Peter Morrison & Hoe

Lim, TSD)

Dispute Settlement Procedures: Overview of the

panel process and the appellate review process Distribution of the "Services"

Case - Moot Court Exercise (Reto Malacrida, LAD; Xiaolu

Zhu, ABS)

11:15-12:30

14:00-15:30

"Export Credits" Case (Susan Hainsworth, ITTC-GBCU; Cédric Pene, AGCD)

Preparation - Trade Policy Presentations (Raymundo Valdés, IPD; Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU)

15:45-17:00

17:00-17:30 (Vonai Muyambo, ITTC-GBCU) Evaluation & Oral Feedback

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Week 4:

Setting the Framework to Make Trade Work

Making trade

work

Selected TRIPS issues (Wolf Meier-Ewert &

Pierre Arhel, IPD)

09:30 - 11:00 (tbc) Trade Policy Review Body -

Review of Tonga (followed by a briefing

session, 11:15-12:00 Alicja Wielgus, ITTC)

"Banana Shake" Case (Raymundo Valdés, IPD;

Lee Ann Jackson, AGCD)

STUDY TOUR

Visit to "La Poste" Videoconference set-up 9:00-9.30

9:30-10:45 Briefing on MC9 (Keith Rockwell, IERD)

11:00-12:30 Roundtable: Post-Bali Global Trade Governance Moderator: Vonai Muyambo,

ITTC-GBCU; Speakers: H.E. Mr. Michael Punke

(US); H.E. Mr. Shahid Bashir (Pakistan); Dr Emily

Jones, GEG, University of Oxford)

(12:30 - Sandwich lunch - Participants & Speakers)

11:15-12:30 14:00-15:30 Roundtable - IP: Innovation, Technology Transfer, Linkages with Global Value Chains

(Catherine Jewell, Communication Division;

Olga Spasic, Innovation Division, WIPO)

"Banana Shake" Case (Raymundo Valdés, IPD;

Lee Ann Jackson, AGCD) Preparation Moot Court: Exercise: Request for establishment of a panel Identification of legal

claims & Drafting of written submission (Peter Morrison, TSD; Reto

Malacrida, LAD; Xiaolu Zhu, ABS)

Preparation Moot Court: Drafting of

written submission (cont'd) (Peter Morrison, TSD;

Reto Malacrida, LAD; Xiaolu Zhu, ABS)

"My time"

Self-study / Self-organized meetings with Members and/or Secretariat staff

15:45-17:00

17:00-17:30 Evaluation & Oral Feedback

(Lissette Nonalaya Aranda, ITTC-GBCU)

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Week 5:

Negotiation Skills

Enhancing

negotiating

skills

Trade Negotiations Simulation (Dickson Yeboah,

ITTC-ATNS Unit)

Trade Negotiations Simulation (Dickson Yeboah, ITTC-ATNS Unit; TNS Facilitators)

ITTC-ATNS Unit; TNS Facilitators)

ITTC-ATNS Unit; TNS Facilitators) 11:15-12:30

14:00-15:30 15:45-17:00

ITTC-GBCU)

Week 6:

Negotiation Skills

Negotiating

to join

Government Procurement: An Emerging Issue for Developing Countries? (Robert Anderson, IPD)

Accessions: Safeguarding and Strengthening the Rules-based Multilateral

Trading System (Josefita Pardo de León,

Accessions)

Trade Facilitation Agreement (Sheri Rosenow, Trade

Facilitation Section & Michael Kolie, Trade Policy

Section, TPRD)

ITA and ITA Expansion Negotiations

(Xiaobing Tang, MAD) STUDY TOUR BERN (tbc) 11:15-12:30

14:00-15:30

Preparation Moot Court: Drafting of written submission (cont'd) 17:00 - Handing in of

submissions (Peter Morrison, TSD;

Xiaolu Zhu, ABS)

Preparation Moot Court: Feedback on written

submissions Presentation at oral

hearing (Peter Morrison, TSD;

Xiaolu Zhu, ABS)

Preparation - Trade Policy Presentations (Raymundo Valdés, IPD;

Alicja Wielgus, ITTC)

15:45-17:00

ITTC-GBCU) M31 M33 M28 M32 M28 M34 M35 M15 M36

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Week 7:

Transparency, Notifications, and Monitoring and Surveillance

Transparency

roadmap _9:30-11:00Monday, 3 March Tuesday, 4 March Wednesday, 5 March Thursday, 6 March Friday, 7 March

Trade Policy Review Mechanism (Masahiro Hayafuji,

TPRD-Trade Policy Section)

Regional Trade Agreements & the WTO

(Ana Cristina Molina, TPRD-Regional Trade Agreements Section) Trade Remedies in Perspective (Müslüm Yilmaz, Rules) TBT & SPS Notification Submission System TBT & SPS IMS (Devin McDaniels, TED;

Anneke Hamilton & Rolando Alcala, AGCD-SPS

Section)

"Coffee" Case (Serafino Marchese,

ITTC-Course Design & Training Section) 11:15-12:30 Monitoring and Surveillance (Mark Koulen, TPRD-Monitoring Section) 14:00-15:30 Trade Policy Presentations by ATPC Participants (Raymundo Valdés, IPD;

Trade Policy Presentations by ATPC Participants (Raymundo Valdés, IPD;

"Coffee" Case (Serafino Marchese,

ITTC-Course Design & Training Section)

Notifications / Review Process: Coordination &

communication (Alicja Wielgus,

ITTC-GBCU) 15:45-17:00

Feedback

(Lissette Nonalaya Aranda, ITTC-GBCU) M37

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M39 M40 M41 M42

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Week 8:

Moot Court;

Trade-related Technical Assistance, and Wrap up of the ATPC

Wrapping

up and

looking

forward…

Monday, 10 March Tuesday, 11 March Wednesday, 12 March Thursday, 13 March Friday 9:30-11:00

Moot Court (Peter Morrison, TSD;

Reto Malacrida, LAD, Claude Chase, ABS)

DSU Negotiations: State-of-play (Kerry Allbeury,

LAD)

Roundtable discussion: Future challenges in WTO

dispute settlement (Anant Swarup, Delegation

of India; Robert D. McDougall, Delegation of

Canada; Andrew Martin, Delegation of Australia; Chair: Valerie Hughes,

Director, Legal Affairs Division)

Trade-related Technical Assistance (Michael Roberts, Development-AfT Unit; Simon Padilla, AGCD-STDF

Unit; Simon Hess, EIF Executive Secretariat; Willie Chatsika & Serafino

Marchese, ITTC)

Evaluation & Oral feedback / PEFs/ Administrative

matters (Vonai Muyambo,

ITTC-GBCU) 11:00 Closing ATPC Course Patron - H.E.

Mr. Michael Punke, Ambassador, Permanent

Mission of the United States to the WTO; Mr Yonov Frederick AGAH, DDG, Ms Bridget Chilala, Director, ITTC 11:15-12:30 14:00-15:30 Debriefing session (Peter Morrison, TSD;

Reto Malacrida, LAD Claude Chase, ABS)

Briefing at the International Trade Centre

(John Gillies, Rajesh Aggarwal, ITC) Trade-related Technical Assistance (Manuela Tortora, UNCTAD) 15:45-17:00

Issues for an appeal (Peter Morrison, TSD;

Reto Malacrida, LAD Claude Chase, ABS)

ATPC Conceptual wrap up (Lissette Nonalaya Aranda,

Vonai Muyambo & Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU)

M28 M44 M46

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YOUR Geneva-based Courses Unit (GBCU) TEAM:

Head of the GBCU Unit:

Susan Hainsworth (Tel.: 022 739 5568; Email: [email protected]) ---

Lissette Nonalaya Aranda (Tel.: 022 739 6461; Email: [email protected]), Training Officer

Marion Chellembrom (Tel.: 022 739 5357; Email: [email protected]), Programme and Training Support Fanta Cissé (Tel.: 022 739 6347; Email: [email protected]), Training Officer

Marinette Comte (Tel.: 022 739 5846; Email: [email protected]), Programme Coordinator Vonai Muyambo (Tel.: 022 739 6918; Email: [email protected]), Training Officer