The LSE Programme in Advanced Trade Negotiation
- Find out how trade and investment agreements operate in the EU
- Explore the process of EU decisionmaking in services, manufacturing, agriculture and finance
- Analyse trade and investment negotiations, with case studies from beyond the EU
Following June's referendum on EU membership, the UK’s trade and investment relations with the EU and the rest of the world need to be reformed. To achieve this successfully, in a manner that serves the interests of all stakeholders in the UK, requires significant negotiating capacity.
However, this has been depleted during the years in which trade and investment policy was channelled through the EU. The UK is now facing a skills gap.
Professional trade negotiators will need to combine knowledge of the relevant agreements, an understanding of EU positions and expert negotiation skills to build agreements with the EU and with other nations. But the discussions and their repercussions will involve many others, and have implications for many more. Industry representatives, senior managers in major corporations, those in government affairs, national or regional government officials and those responsible for elements of trade negotiation across government departments, as well as staff in trade unions and a range of civil society organisations, will all require the knowledge and skills to influence the negotiations.
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) offers a three-day Programme in Advanced Trade Negotiation, covering the important questions and challenges in trade and investment negotiations. Drawing on expertise developed from its longstanding programme on economic diplomacy, and using leading academics and practitioners, the Programme:
• provides a framework for understanding the process of trade and investment negotiations
• identifies the critical questions of substance in trade and investment with the EU and beyond
• explains the EU’s likely stance in negotiations, who will take decisions in the EU and how they will take them.
However, this has been depleted during the years in which trade and investment policy was channelled through the EU. The UK is now facing a skills gap.
Professional trade negotiators will need to combine knowledge of the relevant agreements, an understanding of EU positions and expert negotiation skills to build agreements with the EU and with other nations. But the discussions and their repercussions will involve many others, and have implications for many more. Industry representatives, senior managers in major corporations, those in government affairs, national or regional government officials and those responsible for elements of trade negotiation across government departments, as well as staff in trade unions and a range of civil society organisations, will all require the knowledge and skills to influence the negotiations.
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) offers a three-day Programme in Advanced Trade Negotiation, covering the important questions and challenges in trade and investment negotiations. Drawing on expertise developed from its longstanding programme on economic diplomacy, and using leading academics and practitioners, the Programme:
• provides a framework for understanding the process of trade and investment negotiations
• identifies the critical questions of substance in trade and investment with the EU and beyond
• explains the EU’s likely stance in negotiations, who will take decisions in the EU and how they will take them.
The LSE Programme in Advanced Trade Negotiation is suitable for:
• officials moving into trade policy
• existing or past practitioners in trade and investment negotiation who wish to update their skills
• industry representatives
• senior corporate staff
• those wishing to understand the implications of trade negotiations on their work
• individuals looking to influence policy.
The Programme will be held in central London on:
• 13-15 February 2017 (This Programme is restricted to UK civil servants only, by application)
• 3-5 April 2017
Participants will receive an LSE certificate of attendance.
• officials moving into trade policy
• existing or past practitioners in trade and investment negotiation who wish to update their skills
• industry representatives
• senior corporate staff
• those wishing to understand the implications of trade negotiations on their work
• individuals looking to influence policy.
The Programme will be held in central London on:
• 13-15 February 2017 (This Programme is restricted to UK civil servants only, by application)
• 3-5 April 2017
Participants will receive an LSE certificate of attendance.
