— About me

Understanding global trade,
differently.

Gabrielle Marceau was nominated Honorary Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Geneva on 1 April 2025.  Professor Marceau was appointed as a lecturer in 2000 and became an Associate Professor in the Department of Public International Law and International Organization at the Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in 2005. She taught International Economic Law and WTO Law, supervised numerous master’s theses and doctoral dissertations, and organized conferences and research seminars. She also created a doctoral seminar.

— The blog

Three pillars, one independent perspective.

Trade
Policy

Decoding the agreements, tensions, and alliances reshaping global trade.

The Future
of the WTO

Reforms, governance, and perspectives for the organization in the twenty-first century.

International
Negotiations

Analyses of the diplomatic and economic dynamics between global powers.

— Latest Articles

Featured.

Local Content Requirements Can Facilitate, Assist, and Support Sustainable Development

Gabrielle Marceau has published a new article on TESS Synergies, titled “Local Content Requirements Can Facilitate, Assist, and Support Sustainable...

Retour vers le futur: Mélanges en l’honneur de Luc Thévenoz

Professor Gabrielle Marceau contributed to Retour vers le futur: Mélanges en l’honneur de Luc Thévenoz, a collective volume published in...

Assistants in International Dispute Settlement: Navigating Legitimacy

Assistants in International Dispute Settlement: Navigating Legitimacy, authored by Gabrielle Marceau and Maria George, examines the role of the many...

International Trade Law: Past, Present, Future – Tribute to Gabrielle Marceau

A special issue of the Revue québécoise de droit international has been published in tribute to Professor Gabrielle Marceau, bringing...

The Underused Advantages of Schedules in the WTO for Evolving Trade Dynamics and Sustainable Development

This note concerns schedules in the WTO system. While schedules themselves are not new to WTO experts, the central argument...

Imperfect Agreements Can Protect and Implement the Rule of Law and Sustainable Development: A New Way of Working at the WTO

Trade and sustainable development need to operate within a more flexible framework that allows for adaptive implementations with iterative modifications...

The World Trade Organization Belongs to the Future — But How Do We Get There?

Introduction Trade has evolved and most modern transactions today have cross-border dimensions; thus, they become trade-related matters. In that context,...

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