Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.970402062713.646A-100000@library.wustl.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 06:27:47 -0600 From: Jeff Huestis <mailto:Jeff-Huestis@library.wustl.edu> Subject: 3rd Call: The Impact of the WTO on International Trade (fwd) To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 11:36:21 -0800 From: Nick May <mailto:xhd95@dial.pipex.com> Subject: 3rd Call: The Impact of the WTO on International TradeThe conference now has confirmations from a variety of attendees, including the USTR's office in Geneva, sundry EU and Government officials, and including the speakers, looks to be a diverse and interesting line-up: I hope you or one of your colleagues may be interested in this:
CONFERENCE: The Impact of the WTO on International Trade. 25th April 1997 at the Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple, London.
The establishment of the WTO in 1994 and the creation of the WTO's dispute settlement body is the most far-reaching development in international trade in recent years. Given the fundamental role of the WTO in the regulation of an increasingly global economy, there exists an urgent need to promote awareness and understanding of the WTO in government, non-governmental organisations, the legal profession and industry.
This conference, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, hopes to fulfil that need. Speakers from the WTO, Government and academia will provide a comprehensive and practical analysis of how business and government is and will be affected by the activities of the WTO. This will be a unique opportunity to question senior officials of the WTO, and to find out how your business or practice would benefit from an inside knowledge of the workings of the WTO.
The World Trade Law Association (WTLA) has been established to create a legal association which focuses on legal developments resulting from the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Membership of the organisation will be included in the delegate price of this, the first WTLA Annual Conference.
The secretariat of the WTLA is provided by Garrats, which is associated with Arthur Andersen through its membership of the Arthur Andersen international network of law firms.
PROGRAMME
9:00 Registration & Coffee
9:30 Chairman's Introduction Lord Slynn of Hadley
9:40 The Role of the WTO in international trade regulation H.E. Mr Celso Lafer
10:20 North America, Europe & the WTO H.E. Hon Roy MacLaren
10:40 Coffee
11:10 The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism Dr Debra Steger
11:30 The Impact of the WTO on International Business & Finance Mr Martin Wolf
11:50 Discussion Session Chairman: Dr Florentino Feliciano
12:45 Lunch - Speaker: Dr Barry Ryder
CASE STUDIES
2:15 Environmental trade barriers: the gasoline & beef hormone cases Professor Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann 2:35 Intellectual Property Professor W R Cornish 2:55 International Harmonisation of Origin Rules Professor Norio Komuro 3:15 Agriculture Dr Joe McMahon
3:35 Panel Discussion - Chairman: Mr Michael Johnson
3:50 Coffee
THE LEGAL IMPACT OF THE WTO ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR
4:20 Section 301 of the US Trade Act David Palmeter 4:40 The EC Trade Barriers Regulation M. Gérard Depayre 5:00 The impact of WTO Rules in EC Law Mr Philip Ruttley 5:20 Panel Discussion Chairman: Lord Slynn
5:40 End of Conference
7:30 Black Tie Dinner (optional)
SPEAKERS
The Rt Hon The Lord Slynn of Hadley is a member of the judicial committee of the House of Lords. He was formerly an Advocate General and then a judge of the European Court of Justice.
Celso Lafer is the Brazilian Ambassador to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva. In 1996 he was the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO, and from February 1997 was elected Chairman of the General Council of the WTO. In 1992 he was Brazils' Minister of External Relations, and before that was Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Sao Paulo.
Roy MacLaren is the High Commissioner for Canada to the UK, and from 1993-96 was the Canadian Minister for International Trade. Before entering Parliament in 1979, he had varied business interests, and served in the Canadian Diplomatic Service in Hanoi, Prague, Geneva, the UN and Ottawa.
Debra Steger is the Director of the WTO's Appellate Body Secretariat. Previously she was the Hyman Soloway Professor of Business and Trade Law at the University of Ottawa. From 1991-94 she was General Counsel of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal. She was the Senior Canadian Negotiator for Institutional Issues, including the Agreement establishing the WTO. She also served as Canada's principal legal advisor during the Uruguay Round, and has published several books and articles on international trade law and policy.
Martin Wolf is Associate Editor and Chief Economics Leader Writer at the Financial Times. Previously he was a senior economist in the World Bank's division dealing with international trade, and Director of Studies at the Trade Policy Research Centre.
Florentino Feliciano is a Member of the WTO's Appellate Body, and has served in the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He has served on various international arbitration panels, and has lectured extensively on international law.
Barry Rider is the Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, and a Professor of Law at the University. He is a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge and holds Doctorates in Law from the Universitys of London and Cambridge, and Dickinson Law School in the US. He has practised as an international legal consultant, and was specialist adviser to House of Commons Select Committee on Trade & Industry.
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann is Professor of Law at the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies, and has served as Legal Advisor to the GATT/WTO since 1981. From 1978-81 he was legal adviser to the German Ministry of Economics. He has published 14 books and more than 100 articles on issues of International Law, EC Law and International Economic Relations.
William Cornish is a Fellow of Magdelene College, Cambridge, and the Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the same University, and is the author of various books and articles on intellectual property law.
Norio Komuro is the Legal Advisor to the Japan Machinery Exporters' Association, and is Chairman of the Special Committee for the International Harmonisation of Rules of Origin in MITI, is the Professor of Law at Kobe University, and has written a number of books and articles on the GATT and the WTO.
Joe McMahon is Reader of Law at Queens University, Belfast, and specialises in Trade & Agriculture. His Doctoral thesis was entitled 'European Trade Policy in Agricultural Products'. He has lectured at Victoria University in New Zealand, and at the University of Leicester, and has written a number of articles on European external relations and agriculture.
Michael Johnson is on the roster of WTO dispute settlement panellists, and from 1985-93 headed the International Trade Policy branch of the UK Department of Trade & Industry, in which capacity he co-ordinated the UK input to EC international trade policy. He is now a senior consultant with the trade consultancy Malmgren Golt Kingston.
David Palmeter is a Partner in the Washington DC office of Graham & James where he practises International Trade Law, a subject on which he has published numerous articles in academic, professional and business journals.
Gérard Depayre is Deputy Director-General of DGI External Relations of the European Commission. Until the end of last year he was the Director with responsibility for anti-dumping strategy: injury and community interest aspects, WTO dispute settlement, the Trade Barriers Regulation and Community import and export arrangements. Previously he was a Head of Unit in the same Directorate General.
Philip Ruttley is a partner and the Head of EC and International Trade Law department at Garretts He is the Secretary of the WTLA, and is a frequent lecturer on EC external trade matters at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
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