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Orientation and Learning Objectives for Supply Chain and Operations Leaders

Course Overview, Expectations, and Performance Outcomes

From GATT to the WTO: Why the Institution Matters for Operations

WTO Architecture and Core Agreements

Institutional Structure and Decision-Making in the WTO

The Goods Regime: GATT 1994, Tariffs, and Trade Facilitation

Services and Digital Operations: GATS Framework

Intellectual Property in Global Supply Chains: TRIPS

Rules, Disciplines, and Trade Remedies

Subsidies, Antidumping, and Safeguards: Managing Trade Risk

Non-Tariff Measures: Standards, Procurement, and Industrial Policy

Negotiations, Disputes, and the Political Economy of the System

WTO Negotiation Rounds, Joint Statement Initiatives, and Outcomes

Dispute Settlement: Process, Precedent, and Business Implications

WTO in Global Governance: RTAs, Standards Bodies, and Development Banks

Strategy and Implementation for Managers

Designing Organization-Level WTO Compliance and Influence Strategies

Capstone Workshop: Building Evidence-Based Policy Options

Quizzes and Knowledge Checks

Quiz 1: From GATT to the WTO

Quiz 2: WTO Institutional Structure and Decision-Making

Quiz 3: Goods Disciplines—Tariffs, MFN, and TFA

Quiz 4: Services Trade Under GATS

Quiz 5: TRIPS and IP Management

Quiz 6: Trade Remedies—AD/CVD and Safeguards

Quiz 7: Standards, SPS, and TBT

Quiz 8: Negotiations and Joint Statement Initiatives

Quiz 9: Dispute Settlement Mechanics and Business Impact

Quiz 10: WTO in Global Governance and Corporate Strategy

WTO and Global Trade Governance: Evolution, Rules, and Strategic Policy is a practical, executive-ready course designed for supply chain and operations leaders who navigate cross-border trade every day. You’ll learn how the World Trade Organization evolved from the GATT, why its rules matter for predictability, and how to convert legal disciplines into operational advantages. From tariffs and trade facilitation to services, IP, and standards, you’ll map how core WTO agreements shape sourcing, logistics, pricing, market access, and compliance. The course blends concise frameworks with real business use cases, case studies, and applied exercises—including negotiation simulations and memo-writing—to help you anticipate regulatory shifts, mitigate trade remedy risks, and engage effectively in policy processes. You’ll also explore the current political economy: Joint Statement Initiatives, dispute settlement realities, and how the WTO interfaces with RTAs, standards bodies, and development finance. By the end, you’ll have a repeatable playbook for HS code accuracy, origin documentation, supplier qualification, and committee monitoring—plus a capstone that turns your organization’s exposure into actionable strategies and KPIs. If your mandate includes cost, continuity, and compliance across global networks, this course will help you move from reactive to strategic.

WTO and Global Trade Governance: Evolution, Rules, and Strategic Policy

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            <p>This course equips supply chain and operations managers with the practical fluency to navigate the rules, institutions, and politics that shape cross-border trade. It traces the evolution from the 1947 GATT to the creation of the WTO in 1995, explaining what changed—legal personality, expanded coverage to services and intellectual property, and stronger dispute settlement—and why those shifts matter for day-to-day operations. Participants will connect core WTO disciplines to tangible outcomes: tariff predictability for sourcing, risk-based customs and trade facilitation for logistics efficiency, standards conformity for product launches, and IP management for brand and technology protection. The program is structured around applied learning—memos, negotiation simulations, and quizzes—using WTO agreements, case law, and trade data dashboards to build decision-grade capabilities.</p>

<p>The architecture and rules of the system are examined with managerial relevance: institutional decision-making and committee processes that influence market access; goods disciplines including bound versus applied tariffs, MFN, national treatment, and the Trade Facilitation Agreement; services trade under GATS with concrete implications for logistics, finance, telecom, and IT outsourcing; and TRIPS requirements tied to enforcement, border measures, and public health flexibilities. The course then tackles risk management through trade remedies—subsidies, antidumping, and safeguards—and non-tariff measures such as TBT, SPS, procurement commitments, and industrial policy trends, linking each to pricing strategies, documentation rigor, supplier qualification, conformity assessment, and traceability.</p>

<p>Participants will analyze the political economy of negotiations—from the Uruguay Round to Doha, Bali, and Nairobi—alongside current Joint Statement Initiatives on e-commerce, investment facilitation, and services domestic regulation. Dispute settlement procedures, the Appellate Body impasse and interim arrangements, and the consequences for compliance and certainty are covered through case-based discussions on rules of origin, technical standards, and remedies. The program situates the WTO within a broader governance ecosystem—including regional trade agreements, standards bodies like ISO and Codex, and development finance—so managers can align corporate plans with national strategies and external initiatives.</p>

<p>Strategy and execution are emphasized throughout. Managers will map organizational exposure to WTO disciplines across product and service lines, leverage committees and enquiry points, and build robust data strategies grounded in HS classification, origin documentation, and supply chain mapping. Scenario planning prepares teams for tariff shocks, standards shifts, and disputes. The capstone workshop translates legal disciplines into operational KPIs, develops evidence-based policy briefs, designs negotiation asks with cost-benefit analysis and risk registers, and culminates in a peer-reviewed defense of strategies aligned with WTO rules. A sequenced set of knowledge checks ensures mastery across the system—from institutional structure and goods/services disciplines to TRIPS, trade remedies, negotiations, dispute settlement, and the integration of WTO rules into corporate strategy.</p>
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