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).