I'll be the moderator for two online events next week, one hosted by ASIL/IIEL on the WTO panel process, and the other hosted by SIEL on U.S. trade policy under the Biden administration. Here are the details and links:
ASIL/IIEL - Rethinking the WTO Panel Process
Registration for ASIL Int'l Econ. L. Interest Group & Georgetown IIEL Event: Rethinking the WTO Panel Process
Tuesday, January 26, 9am-10:30am ET
Moderator:
Simon Lester, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Speakers:
Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Director for Strategy and Multilateral Trade Policy, DG Trade, European Commission
Kholofelo Kugler, Counsel, Advisory Centre on WTO Law
Johann Human, former Director of WTO Rules Division
Joost Pauwelyn, Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies & Murase Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Centre
Dr Jan Yves Remy, Deputy Director of the Shridath Ramphal Trade Centre, UWIRegister here.
SIEL - US Trade Policy Under the Biden Administration
6th SIEL Conversation
The aim of SIEL Conversations is to bring together authors and commentators to give talks that are idea-focused so as to foster learning and inspiration, and provoke conversations that matter. Each SIEL Conversation will last approximately one hour and will include commentary from the speakers, with questions from the public.
Title: US Trade Policy Under the Biden Administration: What to Expect or Hope For?
Moderator: Simon Lester, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Speakers:
- Ambassador Ujal Singh Bhatia
- Ana Swanson, Correspondent, Trade and International Economics, The New York Times
- Desirée LeClercq, Assistant Professor, Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations
- Alan Beattie, Senior Trade Writer, Financial Times
Date: The event is scheduled for Thursday 28th January 2021 at the following times and more information can be found here:
- 8 am Washington D.C. time
- 2 pm Brussels time
- 4 pm St Petersburg time
- 6:30 pm New Delhi time
- 9 pm Beijing time
- 10 pm Seoul time
Registration form: https://forms.gle/fHGPWBGvFESLhR2t6
Join us if you can!