The 2020 BIICL Annual WTO Conference - Hong-Kong & Singapore panel (Day 2)

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is delighted to announce its prestigious WTO Conference. Established in 2000, the WTO Conference is one of the most important annual events in international trade law, addressing topical academic and practical issues.

This is a pivotal moment for trade affairs and a critical time to take stock and reflect on the future of global economic governance and connectivity. The conference brought together leading academics and practitioners to explore emerging ideas and the most recent developments, at a critical time for international trade law. This year, amidst a global pandemic, the conference was hosted virtually over two half days:
22 October 12.00-17.00 and 23 October 09.00-13.00 (BST)

BIICL hosted 6 virtual panels around the world to cover strategically important geographical areas where major developments, discussions and decisions impacting international trade are taking place.

Hong-Kong & Singapore panel: Trade dispute resolution: Current situation and dispute avoidance
For more than 20 years, the WTO’s dispute settlement system provided an orderly process for countries to solve trade grievances and to continue their cooperation. The 2018 impasse over the appointment of new members of the Appellate Body, while driven by scepticism about multilateralism and binding dispute settlement, may also derive some potential lessons for trade dispute resolution.

Chair: Nicolas Lockhart, Partner at Sidley Austin LLP
James Flett, Deputy to the Director, Trade Policy and WTO Team, European Commission
Stuart Harbinson, International trade specialist and former special adviser to two Directors General of the WTO
Prof. Jiangyu Wang, Director, Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law (RCCL), City University of Hong-Kong School of Law

More information: https://www.biicl.org/events/11432/th...

This event was kindly sponsored by Mayer Brown and Van Bael and Bellis.

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