Panel & Time

Topics

Speakers

14 June 2014 (Saturday)

8:40-8:50

Welcome Remarks:

Professor Chang-fa Lo, Host of 2014 Events and AWRN Chairperson

Professor Ming-yan Shieh, Dean, National Taiwan University College of Law

Mr. Chun-fu Chang, Director General, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Mechanisms and Approaches for Negotiation Rounds

Panel 1

Momentum and Way Forward after Bali Ministerial

(Chaired by Margaret)

8:50-10:20

1.       

The International Trading System Post-Bali

Margaret Liang, AWRN member

2.       

Reinvigorating the WTO from the Inside Out - Revisiting the Role of the Secretariat

Lisa Toohey, AWRN member

3.       

The Way Forward after the Bali Ministerial Conference of WTO

Bryan Mercurio, AWRN member

4.       

Systemic Issues for the Post MC-9 WTO System

Dukgeun Ahn, AWRN member

10:20-10:40

Tea Break and Group Photos

Panel 2

Overall Issues in Multilateral Negotiations

(Chaired by Meredith)

10:40-11:50

5.       

Early harvests, variable geometry and the single undertaking

Meredith Kolsky Lewis, AWRN member

6.       

The Coalitions in the World Trade Organization: Procedure, Benefits, and Problems

Chi Chung, Assistant Research Fellow, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

7.       

The Role of Dispute Settlement Mechanism in Facilitating Multilateral Trade Negotiations

Chang-fa Lo, AWRN Chairperson and member

11:50-13:00

Lunch Break

Substantive Issues at Bali and Implications

Panel 3

Bali Package and Its Implication

(Chaired by Deborah)

13:00-15:10

8.       

Trade Facilitation after Bali: Does Anything Change on the Ground in Asia?

Deborah K. Elms, AWRN member

9.       

Agreement on Trade Facilitation and Its Implications

Heng WANG, AWRN member

10.    

How Much Added Trade Can Bali Deliver?

Ramon L. Clarete, AWRN member

11.    

Imbalanced but Acceptable Bali Package for LDCs and Its Implications for Post-Bali Negotiation on DDA

Pei-kan Yang, Associate Professor, Department of International Business, National Chengchi University

12.    

Bali Issues: Implications for the Greater Mekong Sub-region

Wacharas Leelawath, AWRN member

13.    

Addressing Developing Countries Concerns, the Bali Deal and the Future of Doha Round

R. Rajesh Babu, AWRN member

15:10-15:30

Tea Break

Panel 4

Specific Sectors in and after Bali (Fisheries, Agricultural and Services)

(Chaired byJohannes )

15:30-17:40

14.    

Fisheries Subsidies and Trade Facilitation: the Post-Bali Agenda

Ma. Joy V. Abrenica, AWRN member

&

Johannes Benjamin Bernabe, AWRN member

15.    

Fisheries Subsidies and Fishery Trade after Bali from Business Perspective

Letizia Raschella-Sergi, AWRN member

(to submit paper but not to present in person)

16.    

Square Peg into a Round Hole? : Systemic Challenges for the Fisheries Subsidies Negotiation at the WTO

Jaemin Lee, AWRN member

17.    

Subsidies in the Name of "Food Security": The Achievements and Failures of Developing Countries in the Bali Ministerial Conference

Ching-wen Hsueh, Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University

18.    

WTO Serving as Pathway to Resilience for International Agricultural Trade and Food Security during Future Disasters

Huei-ying Shiu, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Institute of National Development, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University

19.    

Implications of China's participation in TISA

TU Xinquan, AWRN member

20.    

Can't We Be Friends? TiSA and its Multilateralization

Tsai-fang Chen, Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University

18:30-

Dinner Speech by Ms. Valerie Hughes
Director, Legal Affairs Division

World Trade Organization

&

AWRN 10^th Anniversary Dinner Party (for AWRN members, speakers and invited guests only)

15 June 2014 (Sunday)

Strengthening the Governance of International Trade

Panel 5

Multilateral Governance

(Chaired by Lawan)

8:30-10:20

21.  

Strengthening the Multilateral Governance of International Trade

Lawan Thanadsillapakul, AWRN member

22.  

Strengthening the Governance of International Trade: Comparative Insights

Colin Picker, AWRN member

23.  

How the WTO Shapes Regulatory Governance

Gregory Shaffer, Melvin C Steen Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, and Affiliated Professor, Department of Political Science

24.  

Revisiting the Role of Anti-Circumvention Provisions Under the WTO Agreement: Lessons for Further Economic Integration in East Asia

Tomohiko Kobayashi, AWRN member

25.  

A managerial approach to SPS issues: The Role of the SPS Committee

Yuka Fukunaga, AWRN member

10:20-10:40

Tea Break

Panel 6

Sharing Responsibility between WTO and FTAs

(Co-chaired by Prof. Matsushita and Ambassador Supperamaniam)

10:40-12:10

26.  

Sharing the Responsibility of Governance among WTO, FTAs and Other International Organizations

Mitsuo Matsushita, AWRN member and Senior Advisor

27.  

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership- Pathway to Regional/Global Economic Integration

Datuk M. Supperamaniam, AWRN member

28.  

Regulatory Coherence in TTIP and CETA – How Will this Affect the Post-Bali WTO Agenda?”

David Gantz, Samuel M. Fegtly Professor of Law; Director, International Trade Law Program, James E. Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona

&

Laura Nielsen, Associate Professor of WTO Law, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

29.  

Facilitating Trade in ASEAN Sub-Regional Zones (GMS, IMSGT/Sijori and IMTGT): Mapping Out Global/Regional Value Chain Governance

Riza Noer Arfani, AWRN member

12:10-13:10

Lunch Break

Panel 7

Governance Issues Concerning Investment and Other Fields

(Chaired by Henry)

13:10-14:40

30.  

The Shanghai Free Trade Zone: Legal Issues under the WTO Rules

Henry Gao, AWRN member

31.  

The Impact of TPP on Chinese State-owned Enterprises and Its Implication to the Governance of International Trade

Minkang KU, AWRN member

(to submit paper but not to present in person)

32.  

Strengthening the Governance of International Trade through Closer Integration with International Investment?

Andrew Mitchell, AWRN member

33.  

Resolving Trade and Investment Disputes under FTAs: Issues and Concerns

Rajesh Sharma, AWRN member

34.  

Integration of Social, Human Rights and Environmental Compliance in International Trade Negotiations:  Protection or Protectionism?

Zeevar Scheik, AWRN member

(to submit paper but not to present in person)

14:40-14:50

Lunch Break

Panel 8

Mechanisms for Enhancing Governance

(Chaired by Julien)

14:50-16:20

35.  

The Trade Policy Review Mechanism: Addressing Technical Standards,Investment Rules and OtherEmerging Issues

Julien Chaisse, AWRN member

36.  

The Single Undertaking: Did it Ever Really Work in Practice and What is its Significance Going Forward for the Governance of the Multilateral Trade Regime and in Preferential Arrangements?

Simon Lacey, Academic Director and Senior Lecturer UPH Graduate School of Law, Indonesia

37.  

Losing Steam: President Obama's Trade Strategy in Asia and the Future of WTO

Dongsheng Zang, Associate Professor of Law, Director for Asian Law Center, University of Washington School of Law

38.  

In search of Coherence: Locating the WTO in Wider International World

Chien-Huei Wu, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica

39.  

Mechanism to Ensure Coherent Interpretation of WTO Rules within and outside the Organization: Investment Regime as an Example

Tsai-yu Lin, Executive Secretary and member of AWRN

16:20-16:40

Concluding Remarks by Tsai-yu Lin and Tea Break

16:40-18:00

2014 AWRN Business Meeting

19:00-

Farewell dinner for AWRN members and other speakers