Applications call for World Trade Organization 2020 Essay  Award for Young Economists. he award aims to promote high-quality research on trade policy and international trade co-operation and to reinforce the relationship between the WTO and the academic community.

The World Trade Organization deals with regulation of trade in goods, services, and intellectual property between participating countries by providing a framework for negotiating trade agreements and also a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants’ adherence to WTO agreements, which are signed by representatives of member governments:fol.9–10 and ratified by their parliaments. The WTO prohibits discrimination between trading partners but provides exceptions for environmental protection, national security, and other important goals.

Prize 

The annual WTO Essay Award provides a prize of CHF 5,000 to the author(s) of the winning essay. In the case of a co-authored paper, the prize will be equally divisible among the authors. The winning paper will be officially announced at the annual meeting of the European Trade Study Group, which is the largest conference specializing in international trade. The award ceremony will take place on 10-12 September 2020 in Ghent, Belgium. Moreover, the winning author will receive funding to attend the meeting.

Eligibilities 

• The paper must address issues related to trade policy and international trade co-operation.
• The author(s) of the paper must possess or be engaged in the completion of a Ph.D. degree and, if over 30 years of age, be no more than two years past a Ph.D. defense. In the case of co-authored papers, this requirement shall apply to all authors.
• In addition, essays must not exceed 15,000 words.

Application 

All the candidates must send their submission to [email protected]. Moreover, submissions should include as separate attachments in PDF format

• the essay
• the CV of the author(s), specifying (i) current affiliation(s), (ii) the academic institution awarding the Ph.D., (iii) the year (or the expected year) of the Ph.D., (iv) the date of birth of the author(s).

Deadline 

Interested candidates must submit their essays by 8 June 2020. Firstly, the Economic Research and Statistics Division of the World Trade Organization Secretariat will shortlist eligible papers by 24 June 2020. Furthermore, the selection panel will make a final decision by 24 July 2020. Only the author(s) of short-listed essays will be notified.