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1 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 Global value chains and moving products and services across borders Monday, 1 June Tuesday, 2 June Wednesday, 3 June Thursday, 4 June Friday, 5 June 9:00-9:30 Administrative matters / Logistics (Eliana Villacorta, ITTC-Logistics) 9:30-10:15 Opening ATPC Course Patron H.E. Mr. Jonathan Fried 10:15-10:45 Tour de table - ATPC Administrative matters/documentation (Vonai Muyambo, Alicja Wielgus, ITTC- GBCU); Revision photo Book (Vonai Muyambo, Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU) 14:00-15:00 Overview of the Course & Evaluations (Alicja Wielgus, Vonai Muyambo, ITTC-GBCU) 15:05-15:45 Guided tour of the WTO (Edmundo Murray) 16:00-16:15 Interpretation (GBCU) 16:15-16:30 Website (Steve Cooper, IERD-Internet) 16:30-17:00 Docs Online (Torsten Fratzke, LDIMD-ODRS) 17:00-17:30 Library (Richard Pollock, LDIMD-Library) Market access issues: Tariffs, tariff concessions and WTO Schedules (Alejandro Gamboa, MAD) Modification of tariff concessions (GATT Article XXVIII) (Roberta Lascari, MAD) Agreement on Agriculture & Briefing on the Committee on Agriculture (Javier Ocampo, AGCD) 10:00-13:00 Committee on Agriculture 15:00-16:00 Committee on Agriculture (cont'd) 16:15-17:30 Case preparation: Databases & analytical tools - IDB and CTS through TAO (Marcelo Vega, ERSD- MAIS) 17:30-18:00 Explanation of trade data and analytical tools project (Alicja Wielgus, ITTC- GBCU) Case preparation: Databases & analytical tools- Tariff Download Facility & World tariff profiles (Adelina Mendoza, ERSD-MAIS) 14:00-15:30 Case preparation: Databases & analytical tools - I-TIP (Dayong Yu, ERSD) 15:45-17:30 Trade in Services Statistics (Barbara D'Andrea, ERSD) Evaluation (ITTC- GBCU) 1

2 Week 2: Trade Policy Formulation, Analysis and Implementation and right to regulate Monday, 8 June Tuesday, 9 June Wednesday, 10 June Thursday, 11 June Friday, 12 June Tools for trade analysis (Florian Eberth, ERSD) Import Licensing Procedures (Xiaodong Wang, MAD) Capacity building in trade data and analysis International Trade Centre (Kathrin Weny, Dzmitry Kniahin ITC) Communication skills workshop for Trade Policy Presentations project (Eva Simeth - Swissnova) Trade Facilitation Agreement (Dolores Halloran, Sheri Rosenow, MAD) Quantitative restrictions (Javier Jaramillo, MAD) 12:45-14:45 Working lunch: STDF and WTO TRTA (12:45-13:45 Simon Padilla, AGCD-STDF Unit, 13:45-14:15 Faustin Luanga, ITTC, 14:15-14:45 Waheedullah Zarang Tayutic Mena) 15:00-17:30 Trade Architecture - Roundtable: Global value chains and their role in development (José Monteiro, ERSD; Xiaobing Tang, MAD; Juan Marchetti, TSD; Daniel Ramos, TED; Rainer Lanz, Development-CTD SS Unit) Moderator: Hubert Escaith 10:00-13:00 Preparatory Committee on Trade Facilitation Rules of origin (Darlan F. Martí, MAD) (role-play game): Protecting national fish products (Darlan Marti, MAD) Using trade data and analytical tools Presentations by ATPC Preparation - Trade Policy Presentations (Raymundo Valdés, Alicja Wielgus, Vonai Muyambo, ITTC-GBCU) 17:30-18:00 Evaluation 2

3 Week 3: Setting the Framework to Make Trade Work Making trade work 11:00-12:30 Monday, 15 June Tuesday, 16 June Wednesday, 17 June Thursday, 18 June Friday, 19 June "Cotton" Case (Raúl Torres, Development-CTD Unit; Fernando González Rojas, Rules) Dispute Settlement Procedures: Overview of the panel process and the appellate review process (Reto Malacrida, LAD, James Munro, ABS) Selected TRIPS issues (Pierre Arhel, Wolf Meier- Ewert, Roger Kampf, IPD) 14:00-15:45 12:30-14:00 Sandwich lunch LDCs (Hang Tran, Simon Hess, EIF) 15:45-17:30 Selected TRIPS issues (Pierre Arhel, Wolf Meier- Ewert, Roger Kampf, IPD) "Banana Shake" Case (Raymundo Valdés, ITTC-GBCU Javier Ocampo, AGCD) Trade and Environment (Daniel Ramos, TED) Working lunch / Roundtable discussion: "Trade and Climate Change" (Ludivine Tamiotti, TED, Sonja Hawkins, Junior Programme Officer, Climate and Energy at IC SPS Case Studies (Anneke Hamilton, Alvita Chen, AGCD-SPS Section) 17:30-18:00 19:30 Dinner at the Edelweiss Evaluation 3

4 Week 4: Setting the Framework to Make Trade Work Making trade work 11:00-12:30 Monday, 22 June Tuesday, 23 June Wednesday, 24 June Thursday, 25 June Friday, 26 June SPS Case Studies (Anneke Hamilton, Alvita Chen, AGCD-SPS Section) Trade Policy Review Mechanism (Masahiro Hayafuji, TPRD- Trade Policy Section, Monitoring & Surveillance Antonia Diakantoni, TPRD- Monitoring Section) TBT Cases: US Clove Cigarettes US Tuna II EC Sardines (Lauro Locks, Daniel Ramos, TED) Regional Trade Agreements & the WTO (Ana Cristina Molina, Jo- Ann Crawford, TPRD- Regional Trade Agreements Section) 17:00-17:30 Briefing on GATS Negotiating Room F Implementation of MC9 Results and work ahead (Joan Apecu, Stefania Gallo, Council and TNC) Roundtable: Post-Bali Global Trade Governance Moderator: Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU; Speakers: H.E. Mr. Gabriel Duque, (Colombia); H.E. Mr. Fernando de Mateo, (Mexico); Dr Emily Jones, GEG, (University of Oxford) 14:00-15:45 16:00-17:30 17:30-18: Overview of the TBT Agreement (Lauro Locks, TED) 17:30-18:30 Meeting with the Patron of the course, H.E. Mr. Jonathan Fried Preparation - Trade Policy Presentations (Raymundo Valdés, Alicja Wielgus, Vonai Muyambo, ITTC-GBCU) Evaluation 4

5 Week 5: Transparency, Notifications, and Accessions Transparency Roadmap Monday, 29 June Tuesday, 30 June Wednesday, 1 July Thursday, 2 July Friday, 3 July GATS Review Selected issues (Peter Morrison, Jocelyn Magdeleine, 17:00-17:30 (briefing session on 5 th Global Review on Aid for Trade, Keith Wilson, Development AfT Unit) GATS Negotiating 15:00-18:00 5 th Global Review on Aid for Trade GATS Negotiating (continued) GATS Negotiating (continued) GATS Negotiating (continued) I-TIP (Services) (Joscelyn Magdeleine, 14:00-15:30 Future relationship of multilateralism and preferential trade agreements Guest Lecture: Prof. Thomas Cottier, World Trade Institute Preparation - Trade Policy Presentations (Raymundo Valdés, Alicja Wielgus, Vonai Muyambo, ITTC-GBCU) Accessions (Mustapha Sekkate, Accessions Division) 10:45 Evaluation week 5 17:30-18:00 5

6 Week 6: Negotiation Skills Enhancing negotiating skills Monday, 6 July Tuesday, 7 July Wednesday, 8 July Thursday, 9 July Friday, 10 July 10:00-13:00 Trade Policy Review of the EU (preceded by a briefing session at 9:00, John Finn, TPRD) (ITTC- Vonai Muyambo, & 17:30-18:00 Evaluation Week 7: Negotiation Skills Enhancing negotiating skills Monday, 13 July Tuesday, 14 July Wednesday, 15 July Thursday, 16 July Friday, 17 July Government Procurement: Information Technology "Coffee" Case An Emerging Issue for Agreement (Serafino Marchese, ITTC- Developing Countries? (Xiaobing Tang, MAD) GBCU) (Anna Müller, IPD) Debriefing on 5 th Global Review on Aid for Trade sessions Trade Policy Presentations by ATPC (Marc Bacchetta, ERSD; Nelnan Koumtingue, TPRD; & Faustin Luanga, ITTC; Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU 17:30-18: Trade Policy Presentations by ATPC (Marc Bacchetta, ERSD; Nelnan Koumtingue, TPRD; & Faustin Luanga, ITTC; Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU Trade Policy Presentations by ATPC (Marc Bacchetta, ERSD; Nelnan Koumtingue, TPRD; & Faustin Luanga, ITTC; Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU Meeting at WIPO at 8:45 a.m. (Room 0.107, WIPO New Building) WIPO Seminar on Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (Martha Chikowore, Intan Hamdan- Livramento, Marco Aleman, Nuno Pires De Carvalho, Olga Spasic, WIPO) Evaluation Departure from hotel by bus at 7:15 a.m. Study Tour to Bern 6

7 Week 8: Trade Disputes and Enforcement, and Wrap up of the ATPC Trade disputes, wrapping up and looking forward 17:30-18:30 Monday, 20 July Tuesday, 21 July Wednesday, 22 July Thursday, 23 July Friday, 24 July 9:00-10:15 DSU Negotiations: Stateof-play (Rodd Izadnia, 9.30 Meeting at the LAD) main entrance of the 10:30-12:00 Palais des, T5 Roundtable discussion: Nations10:00-11:00 Future challenges in WTO Guided Tour of Palais des dispute settlement Nations, Geneva Trade Remedies in Preparation Moot Court Moderator: H.E. Harald Perspective Neple (DSB Chair) (Judith Czako, Rules) LAD, James Munro, Rules) Speakers: Peter Van den Trade-related Technical Bossche (Appellate Body), Assistance Cherise M. Valles (ACWL), (Jean-Philippe Rodde, Nicolas Lockhart (Sidley UNCTAD) Austin) and Marco Tulio Molina Tejeda (Mission of Guatemala) Rooms S3, T3, T5 Preparation Moot Court LAD, James Munro, Rules), T5 Preparation Moot Court LAD, James Munro, Rules) Moot Court Debriefing session LAD, James Munro, Rules) Meeting with DG Azevêdo Evaluation - Week 8 Evaluation & Oral feedback - PEFs/ Administrative matters (Vonai Muyambo, Alicja Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU) 16:00 Closing Ceremony ATPC Course Patron H.E. Mr. Jonathan Fried YOUR Geneva-based Courses Unit (GBCU) TEAM: Raymundo Valdés (Tel.: , Raymundo.Valdes@wto.org), Head of the GBCU Unit Lissette Nonalaya Aranda (Tel.: ; Lissette.NonalayaAranda@wto.org), Training Officer Fanta Cissé (Tel.: ; Fanta.Cisse@wto.org), Training Officer Marinette Comte (Tel.: ; Marinette.Comte@wto.org), Programme Coordinator Sylvie Lombard (Tel.: ; Sylvie.Lombard@wto.org), Training Assistant Vonai Muyambo (Tel.: ; Vonai.Muyambo@wto.org), Training Officer Alicja Wielgus (Tel.: ; Alicja.Wielgus@wto.org), Counsellor 7

Advanced Trade Policy Course COURSE BOOKLET 19 January 12 March 2015 Geneva, Switzerland

Advanced Trade Policy Course COURSE BOOKLET 19 January 12 March 2015 Geneva, Switzerland One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. Sophocles