Agenda
Friday, December 1
09:15~09:30 Registration (International Conference Hall)
09:30~09:45 Opening (International Conference Hall)
Welcoming Words:
Junji Nakagawa (Chairman, AIELN; Professor, Chuo Gakuin U.)
Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang (Director, ACWH; Associate Professor, Nat'l Taiwan U.)
09:45~10:30 Keynote Speech(International Conference Hall)
Moderator: Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang (Director, ACWH)
Keynote Speaker:
Mark Wu (Professor, Harvard U.; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies): The New Generation of Trade Agreements: Preliminary Observations
10:30~10:40 A brief break for group photos
10:40~12:10 Session I: Public Health in International Economic Laws
(International Conference Hall)
Moderator: Junji Nakagawa ( Professor, Chuo Gakuin U.)
Speakers:
Markus Wagner (Associate Professor, U. of Wollongong), Ashutosh Kashyap (Research Fellow, Center for Trade Investment Law, New Delhi) & Vishakha Srivastava (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for WTO Studies, New Delhi): Clash of Paradigms: Sustainable Food Systems and International Trade Law
Daria Kim (Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Inst.): New Genomic Techniques, Global Food Security, and the Role of International Trade Law
Tsung-Ling Lee (Associate Professor, Taipei Medical U.): Pandemic Accord, Digital Health Literacy, and Human Rights in the Era of Infodemic
12:10~13:20 Lunch Break
(Moderators and speakers are invited to enjoy local-style lunch boxes)
13:20~14:50 (Internationa Conference Hall)
Session II-1: Sustainability in International Economic Laws
Moderator: Tsai-Fang Chen (Associate Professor, Nat’l Yang Ming Chiao Tung U.)
Speakers:
Yetty Komalasari Dewi (Professor, U. Indonesia) & Justin Alexander Halim (Research Associate, U. Indonesia): Export Restrictions: Promoting Sustainable Investment and Downstreaming Extractive Industries
Fang, Meng Mandy (Assistant Professor, City U. of Hong Kong): Revisiting Green Industrial Policy
Stefanie Schacherer (Assistant Professor, Singapore Management U.): Financing the Net Zero Transition: Limits and Opportunities of International Investment Treaties
Rizky Banyualam Permana (Junior Lecturer, U. Indonesia): Towards ‘ASEAN Way’ of Trade and Sustainable Development? Interactional International Law Perspective
13:20~14:50 (Room 1710, 7F)
Session II-2: Public Policies in International Economic Laws
Moderator: Tsung-Ling Lee (Associate Professor, Taipei Medical U.)
Speakers:
Xueji Su (Post-doctoral Fellow, City U. of Hong Kong) & Alexandr Svetlicinii (Associate Professor, U. of Macao): The Unsettled Governance of the Dual Use Goods in the Light of WTO Security Exceptions
Luo, Xia (Ph.D. Candidate, Chinese U. of Hong Kong): Tangled Warfare in a Vicious Circle: A Quantitative Analysis on the WTO Safety Valve Measures and Network
Tang, Yi (Ph.D. Candidate, U. of Hong Kong): General Public Policy Exceptions in Asia-Pacific IIAs: Navigating the Future of Economic Agreements in Times of Global Health Crises
Ramita Iyer (Research Analyst, Nat’l U. of Singapore) & Amitendu Palit (Senior Research Fellow, Nat’l U. of Singapore): The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity: A Blueprint for a New Model of Economic Engagement
14:50~16:20 (International Conference Hall)
Session III-1: Dispute Settlement 1
Moderator: Jaemin Lee (Professor, Seoul Nat'l U.)
Speakers:
Tsai-Fang Chen (Associate Professor, Nat’l Yang Ming Chiao Tung U.): WTO's Role in Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Determinations: Regime Interaction and the Standard of Review in the Dispute Settlement of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
Lisa Toohey (Professor, U. of Newcastle): Dispute Settlement and Diversity: New Conditions, New Models?
Mao-Wei Lo (J.S.D Candidate, Stanford U.): External International Legal Rulings in Investment Arbitral Awards
14:50~16:20 (Room 1710, 7F)
Session III-2: Contemporary Issues in International Economic Laws
Moderator: Ching-Wen Hsueh (Associate Professor, Nat'l Chengchi U.)
Speakers:
Sungjin Kang (Foreign Legal Counsel, Kim & Chang): Prohibition of Trade in Goods Using Forced Labor Under the WTO: The Re-Emergence of the Process-Production Methods (PPM) Issue
Xueji Su (Post-doctoral Fellow, City U. of Hong Kong) & Victor Crochet (Associate, Van Bael & Bellis & Ph.D. candidate, U. of Cambridge): Regulating Cross-border Subsidization: Charting A Way Forward
Chow, Noel Zher Ming (Doctoral Candidate, Erasmus U. of Rotterdam): Professionalised Trade Compliance as an Aspect of ASEAN’s Trade Facilitation Strategy: Getting from “Enforced Compliance” to “Informed Compliance”
Ying-Jun Lin (Assistant Professor, Chung Yuan Christian U.): Reshaping International Trade Governance Through Issue-Specific and Policy-Oriented Agreements with Asia-Pacific Characters
16:20~16:40 Tea Break
16:40~18:10 (International Conference Hall)
Session IV-1: Digital Economy
Moderator: Lisa Toohey (Professor, U. of Newcastle)
Speakers:
Jaemin Lee (Professor, Seoul Nat’l U.): Effect Doctrine Without Borders: Extraterritorial Application of Antitrust Laws in the Digital Age
Kuei-Jung Ni (Professor, Nat’l Yang Ming Chiao Tung U.): Can CPTPP’s Digital Arrangements Serve a Role Model for the WTO? Beauty and Limits
Ching-Wen Hsueh (Associate Professor, Nat’l Chengchi U.): A Bilateral Investment Treaty or Investment Chapter Aligned with Sustainable Development Goals for Digital Infrastructures
16:40~18:10 (Room 1710, 7F)
Session IV-2: International Investment
Moderator: Pasha Hsieh (Professor, Singapore Management U.)
Speakers:
Nguyen Thi Anh Tho (Doctor, Hanoi L. U.): Developing Countries’ Reactions Against Corruption in Investor-State Arbitration and Investment Treaties
Yueming Yan (Assistant Professor, Chinese U. of Hong Kong) & Tianyu Liu (LL.M Candidate, Leiden U.): Strengthening Anti-Corruption Cooperation in Asia: Legal Frameworks, Regional Initiatives, and Investment Agreements
Francine Hug (Postdoctoral Fellow, Chinese U. of Hong Kong): China’s Role in International Investment Law: Government Intervention, Technology Transfer, and Rules-Based Governance
Saturday, December 2
08:45~10:00 Session V: Digital Trade and Finance in International Economic Laws
(International Conference Hall)
Moderator: Meredith Kolsky Lewis ( Professor, U. at Buffalo (SUNY))
Speakers:
Weixia Gu (Associate Professor, U. of Hong Kong): China’s Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Securities Judgments Against Overseas-Listed Chinese Companies
Rolf H. Weber (Professor, Zurich U.): Financial Inclusion as Public Policy Issue in the Global Digital Economy
Shailja Singh (Legal Consultant, Indian Inst. of Foreign Trade): Critical and Emerging Technology and Standardization – A New Global Governance Approach? Analysis from an International Trade Law Perspective
10:00~10:15 Tea Break
10:15~11:45 Session VI: Asia in International Economic Laws
(International Conference Hall)
Moderator: Markus Wagner (Associate Professor, U. of Wollongong)
Speakers:
Junji Nakagawa ( Professor, Chuo Gakuin U.): Resurgence of Social Clause? A Critical Analysis of Labor Provisions in RTAs in the Asia-Pacific Region
Pasha Hsieh (Professor, Singapore Management U.): Shaping Green Regionalism: New Trade Law Approaches to Environmental Sustainability
Meredith Kolsky Lewis (Professor, U. at Buffalo (SUNY)): East Asian Participation in Emerging International Trade Pluralism
Trang (Mae) Nguyen (Associate Professor, Temple U.): Global Company Towns
11:45~12:00 Concluding Remarks (International Conference Hall)
Markus Wagner (Executive Vice-President, SIEL)
Junji Nakagawa (Chairman, AIELN)
Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang (Director, ACWH)
