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The First Five Years of the
WTO
January 20-21, 2000
presented
by
The
ABA Section of International Law and Practice
Committee on International Trade
in conjunction
with
Georgetown University Law Center |
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Symposium Co-Chairs
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Committee Co-Chairs
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Timothy Reif & Warren Maruyama
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C. Chris Parlin & Stephen J.
Powell |
Symposium
Vice Chairs |
Irene Chang & Viji
Rangaswami |
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THURSDAY SESSION
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I.
Review of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU)
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| Segment Moderator |
Professor John H. Jackson,
Georgetown University Law Center |
| Stage I |
Operation of consultations, deterrence
and mediation |
| Speaker |
C.
Christopher Parlin , Winthrop Stimson |
| Commenters |
Gary
N. Horlick , O'Melveny & Myers
Olin Wethington, Steptoe & Johnson |
| Stage II |
Operation of panels |
| Speaker |
Terence
P. Stewart , Stewart & Stewart |
| Commenters |
John Greenwald, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
Jim
Hecht , Office of Senator Lott
John
Kingery , WTO Office of the Legal Advisor
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| Stage III |
Operation of the appellate process
and functions, including the Appellate Body |
| Speaker |
Andrew
Shoyer , Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy |
| Commenters |
C.
Michael Hathaway , Law Offices of Mike Hathaway
Viji
Rangaswami , House Ways & Means Committee
Rachel Shub, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative |
| Stage IV |
Operation of the implementation
process |
| Speaker |
Carolyn
Gleason , McDermott, Will & Emery |
| Commenters |
Linda Menghetti, Senate Finance Committee
Jan Archibald, Hogan & Hartson |
| Unmasking the WTO: Access
to the System |
| Speaker |
John
Ragosta , Dewey Ballantine |
| Commenters |
Faryar
Shirzad , Senate Finance Committee
Lori Wallach, Public Citizen
Bruce Wilson, Akin Gump |
FRIDAY SESSION
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II.
Review of Key Substantive Agreements |
| Segment Moderator |
Warren H. Maruyama, Hogan & Hartson |
| Agreement on Trade-Related
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) |
| Speaker |
Chuck
Levy , Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering |
| Commenters |
Jacques Gorlin, Gorlin Group
Geralyn Ritter, USTR |
| General Agreement on Trade
in Services (GATS) |
| Speaker |
Jeff
Lang , Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering |
| Commenters |
Charles
D. Lake, III , American Family Life Assurance Corporation
(AFLAC) (Tokyo)
Peter Collins, Office of the United States Trade Representative
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| Agreement on Agriculture
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| Speaker |
Randy
Green , McLeod Watkinson & Miller |
| Commenters |
Joseph O'Mara, O'Mara & Associates
Jason Halfmeister, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Tom Sell, House Agriculture Committee |
| Agreement on Technical
Barriers to Trade and Agreement (TBT) on the Application
of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) |
| Speaker |
Craig
Thorn , Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy |
| Commenters |
Kathleen Ambrose, Chemical Manufacturers Assn.
Kevin Brosch, U.S. Department of Agriculture
John Richardson, EU Commission
Martin
Wagner , Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund |
| Antidumping Agreement
(AD) and Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
(SCM) |
| Speaker |
Paul
C. Rosenthal , Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott
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| Commenters |
Richard
Cunningham , Steptoe & Johnson
Victor Luiz do Prado, Government of Brazil
Angela Ellard, House Ways & Means Committee |
III.
Operation of the WTO Agreements in the Context of Global
Commerce and Competition, Investment and Labor Markets
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| Segment Moderator |
Timothy M. Reif, House Ways & Means Committee |
| Operation of the WTO and
U.S. Environmental Policy Objectives |
| Presenter |
David Schorr, World Wildlife Fund |
| Commenters |
Debbie Lamb, Senate Finance Committee
Marino
Marcich , National Association of Manufacturers |
| Operation of the WTO Agreements
in the Context of Varying Types of National Regulatory
Systems |
| Speaker |
Jim Southwick, Dorsey & Whitney |
| Commenters |
Merit
Janow , Columbia University
Greg
Mastel , Center for National Policy
Ted
Posner , Office of Congressman Sander M. Levin |
| Operation of WTO in context
of Overall U.S. Trade Policy Objectives |
| Speaker |
Amb.
Alan Wm. Wolff , Dewey Ballantine |
| Commenters |
S.
Bruce Wilson , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Faryar
Shirzad , Senate Finance Committee
Alan M. Dunn, Stewart & Stewart |
| The final versions of the above working papers will
be published in the spring issue of volume 31 of Law & Policy
in International Business . For information on how to order this
issue, please contact the Office of
Journal Administration. |
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