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Update on WTO Dispute Settlement
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Third Annual Update on WTO Dispute Settlement
A Presentation and Debate on Cases & Developments in WTO Dispute Settlement during 2009
Tuesday, 2nd March 2010 I 17.00 to 19.00
Venue
Auditoire Jacques Freymond (AJF)
132, Rue de Lausanne, Geneva
Organised by
The Graduate Institute's Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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Background |
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At the beginning of each year, on the occasion of the release of the Appellate Body’s Annual Report, the Centre gathers the chairs of the WTO Appellate Body, the Dispute Settlement Body, and the Negotiating Group on DSU Review in an Annual Update on WTO Dispute Settlement. Presentations by the chairs are followed by a roundtable discussion of the most important cases and developments of the past year. The Roundtable is composed of representatives of academia, the trade law bar, press and NGOs. |
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Programme
 WTO Dispute Settlement Body Developments in 2009 17.00 - 18.00
Ambassador John Gero, Canadian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO,
and Chair of the DSB
Presentation on the 2009 Annual Report of the Appellate Body
Prof. David Unterhalter, Chairman of the Appellate Body
Roundtable discussion on WTO Dispute Settlement in 2009 18.00 - 19.00
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• Shuaihua Cheng,
Strategic Analysis and China Programme Officer, ICTSD
• Petros Mavroidis,
Professor, Neuchatel & Columbia University
• Stephen Orava,
Partner, King & Spalding, Washington DC; Case
• Frieder Roessler,
Executive Director, Advisory Centre on WTO Law
• Jasper Wauters,
Associate, White & Case
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Moderator: Joost Pauwelyn, Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute |
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The programme will be followed by a light reception, sponsored by King & Spalding. |
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Registration |
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To register for this event, please sending an email to ctei@graduateinstitute.ch using the term Annual Update in the subject. |
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