Venue:  Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001.  Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) provides the expertise to deepen one’s technical and policy knowledge concerning the legal obligations of the WTO and its agreements, how the WTO operates as an institution, and how WTO law informs the decision making and policy responses of national governments. By design, the program helps participants build their capacity to engage successfully in the multilateral trading system.  Speakers include:  Robert Zoellick, former U.S. Trade Representative and World Bank President; Stephen Vaughn, former acting Trade Representative; Catherine Novelli, former Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment at the U.S. Department of State;Amb. Rufus Yerxa, President of the National Foreign Trade Council and former Deputy General of the WTO; and Georgetown Law faculty, including Professors Jennifer Hillman, Sean Hagan, Michael Gadbaw, and Katrin Kuhlmann. For more information and to register, please consult the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-trade-academy-2020-legal-foundations-and-new-directions-of-the-global-trading-system-tickets-83411031641?aff=.