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. | 12:30-13:00 Registration [Reception Desk, 2nd Floor] | ||
| 13:00-13:15 Plenary Inaugural Meeting [Large Conference Room] Addresses by the Organizers and the ISS Director |
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| 13:15-15:30 1st Slot of Panels: | ||
| Panel 1: General Issues [Large Conference Room] | ||
| Chair: Junji Nakagawa (Professor, University of Tokyo JAPAN) | ||
| Panelists: Heng Wang (Associate Professor, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, CHINA) China, Free Trade Agreements and WTO Law: A Perspective from Services Trade  Download[88KB] Anthony VanDuzer (Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, CANADA) APEC’s Role in Rationalizing International Investment Obligations Download[100KB] Ross Buckley (Professor, University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA) The Asian Monetary Fund: An Opportunity to be Seized Download[100KB] Masahiro Kawai (Dean and Chief Executive Officer, Asian Development Bank Institute, JAPAN) Multilateralism and Regionalism in Global Economic Governance Download[231KB] |
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| Panel 2: Trade-FTA [ Room 201&202] | ||
| Chair: Bryan Mercurio (Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG) | ||
| Panelists: Won-Mog Choi (Associate Professor, Ewha Womans University, KOREA) Defragmenting Fragmented RTAs: A Benefit and Cost Approach Download[263KB] Jong Bum Kim (Associate Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, KOREA) Regional Harmonization of Preferential Rules of Origin in Asia: In search of a minimum common denominator Download[69KB]
Meredith Kolsky Lewis (Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, NEW ZEALAND) Open Accession Provisions in FTAs: A Bridge Between Regionalism and Multilateralism? Download[69KB] Chang-fa Lo (Professor, National Taiwan University, TAIWAN) On the Discretion and Limitations of Adopting Trade Remedies Provisions in RTAs Download[111KB] |
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| Panel 3: Investment [ Room 203] | ||
| Chair: Douglas Arner (Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG) | ||
| Panelists: Saadia M. Pekkanen (Professor, Washington University, USA) National Security Paradigms in the Regulation of Foreign Investments: Assessing Trends in the United States, Europe, and Japan Download[86KB] Chunbao Liu (Ph.D. Candidate, McGill University, CANADA) China’s Approaches to International Investment Law: the Interface Between BITs and RTAs Mahnaz Malik (Managing Partner, MMI Law, and Associate, IISD, UK) The Bilateral Investment Treaties of SAARC and ASEAN Member States Download[152KB] Markus Burgstaller (Associate, Lovells LLP, UK) Vertical Allocation of Competences for Investment Treaties in the European Union Download[83KB] Daniel Kalderimis (Principal, Chapman Tripp, NEW ZEALAND) Investment Treaties and Public Goods Download[87KB] |
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| 15:30-15:45 Coffee Break | ||
| 15:45-18:00 2nd Slot of Panels: | ||
| Panel 4: Trade-others [Room 201&202] | ||
| Chair: Meredith Kolsky Lewis (Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, NEW ZEALAND) | ||
| Panelists: Edmund W. Sim (Partner, Appleton Luff, SINGAPORE) Improving Governance in the ASEAN Economic Community Download[57KB] Paolo R. Vergano (Partner, FratiniVergano, BELGIUM) The ASEAN Dispute Settlement Mechanism and its Role in a Rules-Based Community: Overview and Critical Comparison Download[81KB] Yoshiko Naiki (Associate Professor, Osaka University, JAPAN) OverREACH: The Impact of the EU’s REAC H Regulation on Asian Chemical Policies Download[235KB] Bryan Mercurio (Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG) Seizing Generic Pharmaceuticals in Transit: A Legal Analysis Tomohiko Kobayashi (Associate Professor, Otaru University of Commerce, JAPAN) Dynamic Process of Transnational Dispute Settlement as an Autopoietic System? Implications of North American Experiences to East Asia Download[120KB] |
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| Panel 5: Finance[Room 203] | ||
| Chair: Junji Nakagawa (Professor, University of Tokyo JAPAN) | ||
| Panelists: Michael Waibel (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK) Bankrupt State Download[67KB] Yuka Kaneko (Professor, Kobe University, JAPAN) A Review of Model Laws in the Context of Financial Crisis: Implications for Procedural Legitimacy and Substantial Fairness of Soft Laws Download[153KB] Rolf H. Weber (Professor, University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND) How to Avoid Anticompetitive Effects of State Interventions in Times of Financial Crisis Download[72KB] Efraim Chalamish (Global Fellow, New York University, USA) Regulating Sovereign Wealth Funds – A New Paradigm Download[142KB] |
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| Panel 6: General Prospect [Large Conference Room] | ||
| Chair: Masahiro Kawai (Director, Asian Development Bank Institute, JAPAN) | ||
| Panelists: Zhixiong Huang (Associate Professor, Wuhan Univeristy, CHINA) Rise and Fall of Trade Multilateralism: A Proposal for ‘WTO à la carte’ as an Alternative Approach for Trade Negotiations Download[66KB] Julia Ya Qin (Associate Professor, Wayne State University, USA) Managing Conflicts between Multilateral and Regional Trade Governance - Reflections on the Brazil - Tyres Case Download[80KB] Seung Pil Choi (Associate Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, KOREA) Institutional Approach to the Needs and Possibilities of Financial Cooperation System in East Asia Download[114KB] Douglas Arner (Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG) Redesigning the Architecture of the Global Financial System: Implications for Asia Download[82KB] |
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| 18:00-18:30 Plenary Business Meeting [Large Conference Room] Adoption of the Founding Regulations; Appointment of Officers |
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| 19:00-21:00 Buffet Reception (No host; due ¥5,000 ) [Danwa Hall, 1st floor] | ||