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THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Faculty Of Law

in conjunction with
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Department of Law

China and the World Trade Organization

Legal and Economic Implications of Accession

Friday 16 March & Saturday 17 March 2001

Australian National University, Canberra

This conference offers an exciting opportunity for lawyers, economists, government officials, business representatives and academics to analyze and discuss the impact of China's accession to the WTO.

Speakers Include

Keynote Speaker: Professor John Jackson, professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center, a leading GATT / WTO legal scholar for over 30 years and the author of the leading texts in the field, World Trade and the Law of GATT, and The World Trading System.

Dinner Speaker: Dr Sylvia Ostry, Monk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto.
Mr Ichiro Araki, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Japan.
Professor Raj Bhala, George Washington University, Washington DC.
Professor Allan Fels, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Mr Jeffrey Gertler, Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization.
Professor Alice Tay, University of Sydney & Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
Mr Graeme Thomson, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Draft Programme

The Chinese Accession Negotiation - with presentations by WTO and DFAT representatives
Trade in Goods - including papers on Technical Barriers to Trade, and Antidumping.
Trade in Services - including papers on banking, telecommunications and distribution services in China
China and Protection of Intellectual Property - including China's input into operation of the TRIPS.
China and WTO Dispute Settlement - including papers on measures of sub-national governments and treaty interpretation by the WTO appellate body. Registrations
 
government/professional early bird payment by 7 February A$585 Presenter Price A$350
government/professional by 7 March A$700 Full-Time Students A$140
academic early bird payment by 7 February A$475 Conference Dinner A$70
Academics by 7 March A$590    

Website

The project maintains a website at http://lawpc192.anu.edu.au/china-wto/index.html. Further details including a detailed brochure and registration form are on the website. If you would like a hard copy of the brochure posted to you, please send a request for the brochure to china-wto@anu.edu.au.
 
Contact
for any other information 		 Dr Brett Williams, 
China & the WTO Project, 
Faculty of Law, 
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Tel 02-62799619
china-wto@anu.edu.au or WilliamsBG@law.anu.edu.au

posted 22 November 2000

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