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A three-day workshop on trade policy appreciation jointly organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and the Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL), Canada concluded in Dhaka yesterday. Chaired by M Syeduzzaman, member of CPD Board of Trustees, the certificate awarding ceremony was also attended by State Minister for Foreign Affairs Reaz Rahman and Robert Beadle, head of Development Co-operation of Canadian High Commission in Dhaka.

Various systemic and agreement-specific issues in the ongoing negotiations in the WTO, and contention issues of the WTO Cancun Ministerial Meeting were discussed at the workshop. A total of 40 professionals from various ministries, academic and training institutions, trade bodies, media, NGOs and civil society organisations involved in trade-related programmes and activities participated in the workshop.

Dr Shishir Priyadarshi, counsellor of WTO Secretariat, Ambassador Dennis Browne, emeritus director, Sarah Geddes, research officer, and Rosemina Nathoo, legal advisor of the CTPL, and Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, executive director, Mustafizur Rahman, research director, and Dr Ananya Raihan, Dr Uttam K Deb and Dr Fahmida Khatun, research fellows of CPD, conducted the workshop.