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Organises: IBA (International Bar Association)
Recession and
Recovery: The Emerging Trade Issues and Policy Choices
14
December, at 1500 GMT *WEBINAR*
Topics Include:
- Is the
growing tide of protectionism a temporary phenomenon or a new reality?
- What
are the longer term business and policy implications of programmes such as “Buy
American” and bailouts and how should the world trading order be addressing
these programmes?
- Is protectionism displacing and/or becoming the driving
force in other policy areas, e.g. trade and the
environment?
Speakers:
Mr Karan Bhatia
Vice-President & Senior Counsel, International Law and Policy, General
Electric Company, Washington DC, USA (and former Deputy United States Trade
Representative).
Mr Osamu Umejima Counsel,
White & Case, Tokyo, Japan (and former Director, Antidumping and Related
Rules in Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau at
METI).
Mr Hector Torres Counsellor, Institute
for Training and Technical Cooperation, World Trade Organization, Geneva,
Switzerland (and former Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund
and former Chair of the G24).
Register at: http://www.int-bar.org/conferences/conf333/
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