Projects and Products include, for example:

WTO Accessions – We provide assistance to the governments (in the past for example Afghanistan, several Arab countries, Bhutan, Serbia, Uzbekistan) on matters such as:

• Obtaining observership status
• Preparation of the “Memorandum of the Foreign Trade Regime”
• Drafting of specific accession-related legislation and action plans
• Help in “Questions and Replies” process
• Bilateral market access negotiations in goods and services
• Training of negotiators
• Domestic awareness raising

Trade Negotiations – We provide support to governments and other stakeholders in the context of multilateral, regional and bilateral negotiations, for example:

• Comprehensive direct support to the ACP Delegations in Geneva in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations
• Assistance to the Palestinian government and stakeholders in bilateral trade negotiations with the EC (EuroMed) and beyond
• Regular reporting on current WTO developments in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations and dispute settlement for a Japanese trade association

Trade Policy Formulation and Implementation of Measures – We provide advice, consultations and drafting support, for example:

• Advice to an African government on trade in services under both WTO and a future EPA
• Consultations with Vietnam’s Office of the Government on post-accession implementation and policy formulation
• Preparation of trade-related draft legislation for several governments

Studies and Opinions – We conduct studies and provide opinions on trade-related issues, for example:

• A major study on trade aspects of climate change policies for a WTO Member
• A series of studies on trade-related aspects of the EPAs for the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• A major study for the Swiss SECO on trade-related academic capacity building in the Mekong, Southern Africa and Andean regions
• Opinions for the Universal Postal Union on trade in postal services and on aspects of an envisaged internal reform
• An opinion for a Dutch company on trade aspects of legislation on biofuels
• Studies on non-tariff barriers for the Stability Pact of Southern and Eastern Europe

Trainings, Workshops, Stakeholder Consultations – We conduct tailor-made trainings, workshops and moderated stakeholder consultations, spanning from general introductions to highly specialized events and from three-day workshops to three-months courses, for example:

• A series of post-accession workshops for officials and stakeholders in Cambodia (SPS, TBT, services)
• Training of government officials in Tanzania (WTO dispute settlement)
• Training of government officials and GTZ project staff from Central Asian countries (trade facilitation & customs reform)
• Training for the Office of the Attorney General of Malaysia (multiple WTO issues)
• Consultative workshops on services scheduling in several countries
• Comprehensive three-months trade policy course for ten Vietnamese officials at the WTI

Dispute Settlement – We advise and represent clients in WTO dispute settlement proceedings, such as, the ACP countries as third parties in EC-Bananas. Members of our team also advised clients in Japan-Kodak/Fuji; Thailand-Steel; Korea-Dairy; and EC-Sugar.