Copenhagen Competition > Negotiation topic
Negotiation topic
The negotiation topic of the Copenhagen Competition changes every year. The topic is chosen in collaboration with senior officials from international organizations like the WTO, and it is always highly topical, controversial and politically sensitive. The theme unfolds in a case.
The negotiation topic in 2011 is Access to Food, and this year's case author is PHD Christina Schröder.
CASE - Copenhagen Competition 2011 on Access to Food (pdf).
Christina Schröder, a Swedish citizen, graduated from the University of Stockholm with a master of law and went on to follow a PHD programme in international relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. In 1972 she was recruited to the GATT, later the WTO, where she remained until the end of 2005. She worked in the Agriculture Division almost all of this time, dealing with various issues such as natural resource based products. She was involved in numerous dispute settlement panels such as the banana and sugar panels. Since retirement she has been working as a consultant with various international organizations and associations, in particular the FAO.
