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Faces of Trade Diplomacy

Human perceptions, memories and hopes around trade multilateralism

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Faces of Trade Diplomacy is an idea of Dr. Clara Weinhardt, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University. She has longstanding expertise on global trade, and currently leads a research project on WTO politics (funded by the DFG, 2019-2022).

Faces of Trade Diplomacy builds on Clara Weinhardt’s research. You can read more about the findings from her DFG project here:

– Short summary on differential treatment for developing countries (with T. Schöfer)
– Brazil, India and China’s position on the developing country status in the WTO (with T. Schöfer)
– The evolution of differential treatment of developing countries in global trade, global health and climate change (with K. Dingwerth, J. Eckl, T. Schöfer, S. Herr)
– Findings on the evolution of the North-South distinction (with T. Schöfer)
– China’s role in the WTO
– Developed/developing country distinction in times of Covid-19 (with C. Brandi). 

Faces of Trade Diplomacy is developed in close collaboration with Chantelle Gomez, a London born British photographer and creative director currently based in Edinburgh, UK. In her work Gomez strives to portray the beauty held in the ordinary, within the authentic self.   

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Faces of Trade Diplomacy is supported by:

The project is made possible by funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG, grant number WE 6012/2-1) and from a “Valorisatie” Stimulation Fund from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University.

We also would like to acknowledge the help of Guillaume Wegmüller in the implementation of the project at the WTO. We thank Yvonne Bartmann and Rashid Kaukab for facilitating contacts with trade diplomats, Fabio Blaser for assistance with the photo shootings, and Carolina Leon Santiago for research assistance. Many thanks also to Manu Calapez (website) and Brynja Vignisdóttir.

All artwork and photography are copyrighted and protected under international copyright laws. Artwork may not be reproduced in any form, stored, or manipulated without prior written permission from Clara Weinhardt (creator of Faces of Trade Diplomacy) and the copyright holder(s).

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