Dear Ladies and Gentlemen! We are glad to inform you about the latest news on the FIW project. In this issue: · INVITATION: Workshop “Political Economy of Trade Policy” *Workshop “Political Economy of Trade Policy”* ** *Tuesday, September 22, 2015,10:30 a.m.* The Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW), Sitzungssaal II (“Gobelinsaal”), Stubenring 1, 1011 Vienna *Political Economy of Trade Policy* The goal of this one-day workshop is to bring the scientific community on trade and political economy together with policy-makers on current trade negotiations, especially TTIP. The first part, the scientific workshop with a keynote lecture by Professor L. Alan Winters, will consist of research presentations in a seminar format on the political economy of trade deals. The second part, opening the audience to the wider public, will contain a speech by Lord Maude, UK Minister for Trade and Investment, followed by a panel discussion on the politics and strategic implications of the current trade negotiations. The programme is enclosed. Please register for the Workshop here <http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=829&L=1>. The workshop is co-organised by The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) jointly with the Centre for European Reform (CER) and the Johannes Kepler University. The workshop is organized as part of the activities of the Research Center International Economics (FIW: http://www.fiw.ac.at/). The FIW is a project of the The Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) <http://www.en.bmwfw.gv.at/Seiten/default.aspx>. It is a collaboration of WIFO <http://www.wifo.ac.at/>, wiiw <http://wiiw.ac.at/>, WSR <http://www.wsr.ac.at/> and Vienna University of Economics and Business <http://www.wu.ac.at/en/>, University of Vienna <http://www.univie.ac.at/en/> and Johannes Kepler University Linz <http://www.jku.at/content>. (Papers and Powerpoint presentations, as far as available, will be posted on our homepage after the workshop.) Attendance is free. For detailed information please visit our homepage http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=466