Module V: Negotiating Agreements

Objective: To provide guidance to participants on the negotiation of international agreements taking into account long-term impacts on sustainable development.

Overview: This module provides participants with practical skills and strategies that will increase their capacity to negotiate international trade agreements, including environmental provisions or a sustainable development dimension.  This module will emphasize the strategies and skills that go into international negotiations.  Further, it will reflect upon lessons learned from previous modules, in particular, regarding existing agreements and possible options.

Lecturers: Claudia S. de Windt

Presentation: Module V

Topics covered in this module include:

  • Effective participation in negotiations

           o Conceptual framework

               -Domains 

           o Tensions

           o Determining outcomes

           o Key elements

           o Negotiation strategies

           o Difficulties and asymmetries

           o Preparation

              -Analyzing trade data and policy

              -Analyzing impacts on environmental

    performance

  • Coherence among regional and domestic

       perspectives 

  • Key trade and environment tensions

 

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