Proffs Derick Blaauw and Sonja Grather, and Dr Anmar Pretorius accompanied the NWU’s WTO Chair holder, Prof Wilma Viviers, to the 16th WTO Public Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The annual Public Forum is the WTO’s flagship event, according to their website, providing a unique platform for heads of state and leading global business people, academics and non-governmental organisations to come together and discuss major trade and development issues and concerns. Over 1,500 participants attend the Forum each year. The 2016 Forum focused specifically on how a broader spread of individuals and businesses have the potential to participate in the global trading system and how WTO rules can help to ensure that more people benefit from trade.

For more details regarding the Public Forum, you can visit the WTO website or read a brief report regarding the visit (also one by Prof Derick Blaauw).

Additional photos can be found here, and a video recording of Prof Viviers and Dr Grater's panel discussion was also made which can be seen here.

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