Henry Gao

It seems that the battles the US took against China in the WTO has just turned into a full-blown trade war, with China returning the shots, for the first time (not counting the steel safeguard case in 2003) since it joined the WTO, by formally requesting consultations under the DSU

There is an interesting article in the IHT recently on the possibility of the WTO moving its headquarters in protest of the unattractive offer made by the Swiss government to expand its building. Both HK and Singapore, two Members with the most liberalized trade regimes, were rumored to be among

I am happy to let you know that the Academy of International Trade Law will be offered again in Macau this summer. I would greatly appreciate it if you could kindly spread the news among your students. If any of your students are interested, please feel free to have them

The US has indicated that two cases on TRIPS and distribution rights will be brought against China. Here are my two cents on the two cases: 1st case: According to TRIPS Article 61, Members must provide remedies for IPR violation, which shall include imprisonment and/or monetary fines sufficient to

There is an interesting ranking of the WTO-citizenship of  member states available from the WTO summer program at the HEI . Guess who's #1? (hint: not Singapore or HK, the usual suspects for die-hard free traders). Several CIS states and middle-eastern states score very high in the ranking, and