The Chair WTO – Regional Integration is a project established with the support of the Spanish Department of Tourism and Trade. The Chair WTO – Regional Integration has headquarters in Barcelona (Parc Cientific de Barcelona - Universitat de Barcelona) and Madrid (Univerisdad Autónoma de Madrid, Carlos Esposito).

The general objective of the Chair WTO – Regional Integration is to become a focal point for the attraction and projection of international activities related to its thematic field. The Chair WTO – Regional Integration has three specific goals:

• Improve the data and assessment tools available to the Spanish public- and private-sector players,
• Strengthen Spain’s international focus
• Contribute to a deeper knowledge and a better operation and application of the multilateral trading system and help enhance its coordination with the regional integration processes.
  

To achieve these goals, the Chair carries out a range of activities in the field of international –multilateral, regional and bilateral– trading relations, with special focus on the subjects covered by the WTO.

BAROMETER OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE RELATIONS:

• First Edition (September 2007): Results - Annex
  
• Second Edition (April 2008): Results & Annex