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Joost H.B. Pauwelyn

Office Address:

Duke University School of Law
Corner of Science Drive & Towerview
Box 90362, Durham NC 27708-0360
Tel: (919) 613- 7168
pauwelyn@law.duke.edu
Nationality: Belgian
Family status: married, two daughters, one son

Current Position:

(since July, 2002)

  • Professor of Law, with tenure (since 2006)
  • Director JD/LLM Program & Duke-Geneva Institute in Transnational Law, Duke University Law School
    Teaching courses & seminars on public international law, international trade law, international law and development, international investment law, WTO dispute settlement and European Union law
  • Academic Consultant in WTO dispute settlement proceedings and international trade/investment matters

Former positions:

  • April — July 2006
    Visiting Professor, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
  • Jan. —June 2002
    Legal Affairs Officer, Appellate Body Secretariat World Trade Organization, Geneva
  • 1 Sept. — 31 Dec. 2001
    • Emile Noel Fellow, New York University, School of Law
    • Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School
  • Oct. 2000 — Aug. 2001
    Assistant Professor, University of Neuch�tel, Law Faculty (Switzerland) and Ph.D student
  • Jan. 2000 — Nov. 2000
    Legal Affairs Officer, Legal Affairs Division World Trade Organization, Geneva
  • Sept. 1996 — Dec. 1999
    Junior Legal Affairs Officer, Legal Affairs Division World Trade Organization, Geneva
  • Sept. 1995 — Aug. 1996
    Associate, De Bandt, van Hecke & Lagae, Law Offices, Brussels (litigation and public law departments

Education:

  • Ph.D. in law, University of Neuch�tel, Switzerland, November 2001 entitled: “Conflict of Norms in Public International Law - The Example of the WTO: Internal Hierarchy and How WTO Law Relates to Other Rules of International Law “ (thesis supervisors: P. Mavroids, J. Weiler and J. Wouters)
  • Magister Juris, University of Oxford, Corpus Christi College - first class honours
  • Master's degree in law (Lic. Jur.), Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) - magna cum laude
  • Erasmus Scholar, University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College
  • Bachelor's degree in law (Cand. Jur.), University of Namur (Belgium) - cum laude

Languages:

Dutch (mother tongue), fluent in English and French, some German and Spanish

Sample Research/Consultancy Experience:

  • Consultant for the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (Geneva) in WTO dispute between Thailand and the EC on the customs classification of chicken bits (2005)
  • Consultant for US law firm in WTO dispute between Korea and the US on subsidies granted to the semiconductor industry (2005)
  • Expert Advice on Cotonou Agreement and EU negotiations (2004)
  • Expert Advice on US bill imposing embargo on Burma (2003)
  • Expert Advice on US proposal to ban import of municipal waste from Canada (2003)
  • Research paper for the German Agency for Technical Co-operation and the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (TRALAC), on Dispute Settlement in the Southern African Development Community (2003)
  • United Nations University, Tokyo, Project on International Environmental Governance Reform (2002)
  • Consultant to the European Energy Charter, Brussels, Working Group on Trade (2001)
  • Researcher, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Property law project (1992)

Sample Teaching Experience Prior to Joining Duke:

  • While working for the WTO: Numerous technical cooperation missions, conferences and lectures on the WTO in general and the WTO's dispute settlement system in particular organized by the WTO, universities, governments or private institutions (i.a. held in Geneva, Brussels, Paris, Kiev, Colombo, Ankara, Turin, Beirut, Cairo, Melbourne, Singapore, Budapest, Bratislava and Burkina Faso).
  • Regular lecturer in the WTO's dispute settlement and trade policy courses
  • Lecturer at the Academy of International Economic Law and Dispute Settlement, Geneva, summer 1999 and 2000 (on the SPS/TBT Agreements)
  • Lecturer at the Academy of International Trade Law, Macau, July 2000 (lecture series on the GATS)
  • Lectures and seminars at the University of Neuch�tel, Switzerland, in the field of Public International Law and International Economic Law (academic year 2000-2001)
  • Lectures and seminars at New York University and Columbia University, Sept.-Dec. 2001

Professional:

  • Faculty Member, World Trade Institute (WTI), Master Program in International Law and Economics (MILE), Bern (Switzerland)
  • Faculty Member, European Program in International Economic Law, Universit� Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Institute of European Studies
  • Co-Director, Project on International Trade and Human Rights (ASIL/ McArthur Foundation)
  • Member, International Trade Law Committee of the International Law Association
  • Organizing Committee, Centennial Meeting of the American Society of International Law
  • Member of the Board of Editors of the Journal of International Economic Law
  • Advisory Board, Kenan Institute Project on Harmonizing Human Rights and Trade Agreements
  • Contributor to the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
  • Member of the International Law Association (ILA), the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the European Society of International Law (ESIL)

Awards:

  • 2005 Paul Guggenheim Prize (for book on Conflict of Norms in Public International Law)
  • 2006 Duke Law School Faculty Scholarship Award

Publications:

Books & Monographs

  1. HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE (co-edited with Thomas Cottier and Elisabeth Burgi), Oxford University Press, 2005
  2. CONFLICT OF NORMS IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW - HOW WTO LAW RELATES TO OTHER RULES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, Cambridge University Press, 2003 and translated & published in Chinese, Law Press China, 2005
  3. THE NATURE OF WTO OBLIGATIONS, Jean Monnet Working Paper No. 1/02 (2002), NYU School of Law, Jean Monnet Centre, 49 pages (at http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/02/020101.html)
  4. TRADE IN ENERGY, WTO RULES APPLYING UNDER THE ENERGY CHARTER TREATY (Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels, 2001)

Articles

  1. Adding Sweeteners to Softwood Lumber: The WTO-NAFTA ‘Spaghetti Bowl’ Is Cooking, 9 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW (2006) 1-10
  2. The Transformation of World Trade, 104 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW (2005) 1-70
  3. Rien ne Va Plus? Distinguishing Domestic Regulation from Market Access in GATT and GATS, 4 WORLD TRADE REVIEW (2005) 131-170
  4. The Sutherland Report: A Missed Opportunity for Genuine Debate on Trade, Globalization and Reforming the WTO, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW (2005:2) 329-346
  5. Bridging Fragmentation and Unity: International Law as a Universe of Inter-Connected Islands, 25 MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (2004) 903-927
  6. Going Global, Regional or Both? Dispute settlement in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Overlaps with the WTO and Other Jurisdictions, 13 MINNESOTA JOURNAL OF GLOBAL TRADE (2004) 231-304
  7. Environmental Risk, Precaution and Scientific Rationality in the Context of WTO/NAFTA Trade Rules, RISK ANALYSIS (2004) 461-9 (with D. Crawford Brown and Kelly Smith)
  8. The Puzzle of WTO Safeguards and Regional Trade Agreements, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW (2004) 109-142
  9. A Typology of Multilateral Treaty Obligations: Are WTO Obligations Bilateral or Collective in Nature? 14 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (2003) 907-952
  10. How to Win a WTO dispute based on non-WTO law: Questions of Jurisdiction and Merits, JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE (2003) 997-1030
  11. The Limits of Litigation: Americanization and Negotiation in the Settlement of WTO Disputes, 19 OHIO STATE JOURNAL ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION (2003) 121-140
  12. WTO Compassion or Superiority Complex?: What to Make of the WTO Waiver for “Conflict Diamonds”, 24 MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (2003) 1177-1207
  13. The Use of Experts in WTO Dispute Settlement, 51 INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW QUARTERLY (2002) 325-364
  14. Cross-agreement Complaints before the Appellate Body: A case study of the EC — Asbestos Dispute, 1 WORLD TRADE REVIEW (2002) 63-87
  15. The Role of Public International Law in the WTO: How Far Can We Go?, 95 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (2001) 535-578
  16. Enforcement and Countermeasures in the WTO: Rules are Rules — Towards a More Collective Approach, 94 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (2000) 621-633
  17. An Overview of the WTO Agreements On Health and Technical Standards and Their Impact On Communication, ZEISCHRIFT F�R DAS GESAMTE LEBENSMITTELRECHT (2000) 843-858
  18. Evidence, Proof and Persuasion in WTO Dispute Settlement, Who Bears the Burden, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW (1998) 227-258
  19. The WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures as Applied in the First Three SPS Disputes: EC — Hormones, Australia — Salmon and Japan — Varietals, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW (1999) 641-664
  20. The Concept of a "Continuing Violation" of an International Obligation: Selected Problems, BRITISH YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (1995) 415-450

Works in Collection

  1. Europe, America and the “Unity” of International Law, Conference Book, Amsterdam University (forthcoming 2006)
  2. Non-Traditional Patterns of Global Regulation: Is the WTO ‘Missing the Boat’? in Non-Traditional Sources of International Law (eds. Ilias Bantekas and Ricardo Abello, forthcoming OUP 2006)
  3. How Binding Are WTO Rules? A Transatlantic Analysis of International Law in Changing Patterns of Authority in the Global Political Economy (eds. Volker Rittberger and Martin Nettesheim, forthcoming 2006)
  4. Is the Vienna Convention Outdated? in WTO LAW AND PROCESS, eds. Mads Andenas and Federico Ortino, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2005, 494-500
  5. Remedies in the WTO: ‘First Set the Goal, then Fix the Instruments to Get There’, in WTO LAW AND PROCESS, eds. Mads Andenas and Federico Ortino, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2005, 185-199
  6. The Use of Experts in WTO Dispute Settlement, in GEORGE BERMANN & PETROS MAVROIDIS (eds.), HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY IN WTO DISPUTE RESOLUTION (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2005)
  7. WTO Dispute Settlement: Of Sovereign Interests, Private Rights and Public Goods, in JEROME REICHMAN (ed.), INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC GOODS AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY UNDER A GLOBALIZED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME (Cambridge University Press, 2005) 817-830
  8. The Application of Non-WTO Rules of International Law in WTO Dispute Settlement, in P. Macrory, A. Appleton and M. Plummer (eds.), THE WTO: LEGAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS (Springer, 2005, 3 Vols.), Vol. I, 1405-1426
  9. The Jurisdiction of the WTO, in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 98TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (March 31-April 3, 2004) 135-138
  10. A Comparative Analysis of Trade Remedies in the WTO (translated in Japanese), in ICHIRO ARAKI and KAWASE TSUYOSHI (eds.), SAFEGUARDS UNDER THE WTO AGREEMENT: ISSUES AND PROPOSALS FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE MECHANISM, published by Toyo Keizai Shimpo Sha, Japan, 2004, 21-36
  11. Proposals for Reform of Article 21 of the DSU, in E.-U. PETERSMANN, IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS OF THE WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING, WTO NEGOTIATORS MEET ACADEMICS (European University Institute, 2002) 67-80
  12. Does the WTO Stand for “Deference to” or “Interference with” National Health Authorities when Applying the (SPS) Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures?, in THOMAS COTTIER & PETROS MAVROIDIS (eds.), THE ROLE OF THE JUDGE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE REGULATION (Michigan University Press, 2003)
  13. A World Environment Court, in UN UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES, INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE, GAPS AND WEAKNESSES, PROPOSALS FOR REFORM, Working Paper, 2002 (36 pages)
  14. MFN-Unconditionality: A Legal Analysis of the Concept in View of its Evolution in the GATT/WTO Jurisprudence with Particular Reference to the Issue of "Like Product", co-authored with William, J., Davey, in THOMAS COTTIER & PETROS MAVROIDIS (eds.), REGULATORY BARRIERS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION(University of Michigan Press, 1998) 13-50
  15. Applying SPS in WTO disputes, in DAVID ROBERTSON & AYNSLEY KELLOW, GLOBALIZATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT, RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE WTO (2001) 63-81

Shorter Articles & Book Reviews

  1. The U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute Reaches a Climax, ASIL Insight, November 30, 2005 at:http://www.asil.org/insights/2005/11/insights051129.html
  2. The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, and the WTO: Diversity in International Law-Making?, ASIL Insight, November 15, 2005 at: http://www.asil.org/insights/2005/11/insights051115.html
  3. Just Trade, Book Review of Trade, Inequality and Justice: Toward a Liberal Theory of Just Trade by Frank J. Garcia (2003), 37 GEORGE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW (2005) 559-571
  4. WTO Softens Earlier Condemnation of U.S. Ban on Internet Gambling, but Confirms Broad Reach into Sensitive Domestic Regulation, American Society of International Law (ASIL) Insight, April 2005, at http://www.asil.org/insights/2005/04/insights050412.html
  5. An Insider’s Guide to the WTO’s Problems (with Andrew Guzman), 9 BRIDGES 2005 (January) at p. 7 (published by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD))
  6. WTO Condemnation of U.S. Ban on Internet Gambling Pits Free Trade against Moral Values, American Society of International Law (ASIL) Insight, November 2004, at www.asil.org/insights/2004/11/insight041117.html
  7. The Appellate Body's GSP decision (with Lorand Bartels, Steve Charnovitz, Robert Howse, Jane Bradley and Donald Regan) 3 World Trade Review (2004) 239-266
  8. Recent Books on Trade and Environment: GATT Phantoms Still Haunt the WTO, 15 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (2004) 575-592
  9. WTO Victory over Steel Hides Deficiencies, THE JURIST, 23 January 2004, at http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forum/Pauwelyn1.php
  10. Iraqi Reconstruction Contracts and the WTO: "International law? I'd better call my lawyer", THE JURIST, 19 December 2003, at http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/forum/forumnew133.php
  11. L'Organisation Mondiale Du Commerce et la Propriet� Intellectuelle, Pourquoi Et Comment?, 39 L'OBSERVATEUR DE BRUXELLES (October 2000) 40-45
  12. Towards Liberalization of Trade in Basic Communications: Negotiations in the World Trade Organization, 10 SOCI…T… DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIQUE (SDIE) BULLETIN (1997) 6-8
  13. Book Review: Regionalism and Multilateralism After the Uruguay Round - Convergence and Interaction (by Demaret, Bellis and Jim�nez (eds.), 1997), JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE (1999) 182-187

Major Speaking Engagements (post July 2002):

2002

  1. World Trade Forum 2002, Berne, Switzerland, August: Paper on The Problem of ‘Persistent Violations’ of WTO Law
  2. WTO Negotiators Meet Academics Conference in Florence, European University Institute, September: Report on Implementation Procedures at the WTO
  3. Ohio State University Symposium on The Americanization of International Dispute Resolution, November: paper entitled The Limits of Litigation: Americanization and the WTO Experience      
  4. Duke Center for Environmental Solutions, Environmental Institutions Seminar Series, December: Seminar on The Role of Science and Scientific Experts in the Settlement of Trade Disputes
  5. Berlin Workshop on Global System of Governance of Trade and Sustainable Development, organized by SUSTRA in cooperation with the European Commission, December: Paper, presented in absentia, entitled The Role of Public International Law in the WTO

2003

  1. International Trade Round Table, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, 31 January: Commentator on paper by Prof. R. Howse, No Global Governance without Politics: Why the Legitimacy of the WTO cannot be won by architectural reform but demands a political ethics
  2. Workshop on Settling Trade Disputes in Southern Africa, organized by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Stellenbosch, South Africa, March: paper on Overlapping Treaties and Jurisdictions
  3. Conference at Duke Law School on International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime, April 4-6: paper on The Nature of WTO Dispute Settlement (panel on Recognition of Public Goods in WTO Dispute Settlement)
  4. Duke Conference on Confronting Iraq: Legal and Policy Considerations, April 10-12: Chair of Panel on Democratization
  5. British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Third Annual WTO Conference, Dispute Resolution — At the Crossroads, London, May 14: paper on Remedies in the WTO
  6. World Trade Institute, Berne, Switzerland, Conference on International Trade and Human Rights, June 13-14: Rapporteur of the Session on the Right to Food and Trade in Agriculture
  7. First World Congress on Risk, Brussels, June 22-5: Risk Assessment in the Context of Trade Disputes: Presentation on How Well are Scientific Principles Incorporated into the Resolution of Science-Based Trade Disputes?
  8. Duke Summer Institute in Japan, Fukuoka, July 1-14: Course on International Trade Law
  9. Working Group on Contemporary Aspects of Safeguards, under the auspices of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, July 11: Presentation on WTO Safeguards
  10. Fair Trade Center, Tokyo, July 11: Presentation on US Increased Engagement in Bilateral and Regional Trade Deals
  11. Fair Trade Center, Tokyo, July 12: Book Presentation of Conflict of Norms in Public International Law
  12. Lecture Tour in Germany, presenting new book Conflict of Norms in Public International Law, October 27-9: presentations in Cologne, Heidelberg and Berlin
  13. Conference on Moving forward from Cancun, Ecologic Institute for International European Environmental Policy, Berlin, October 30-1: Presentation on Social Labeling
  14. World Trade Organization Symposium on Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO, Geneva, November 14: paper on The Puzzle of WTO Safeguards and Regional Trade Agreements
  15. The Future of the World Trading System after Cancun, Vienna, Austria, November 21: opening speech and presentation on The WTO System in the International Legal Order

2004

  1. NAFTA at 10 Years: Is it still in Canada's Interest?, Workshop at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, January 16
  2. 25th Anniversary Symposium of the Michigan Journal of International Law, Diversity or Cacophony? New Sources of Norms in International Law, Ann Arbor, March 19-20: paper on Bridging Fragmentation and Unity: International Law as a Universe of Inter-Connected Islands
  3. Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Mapping New Boundaries: Shifting Norms in International Law, Washington DC, March 31-April 3: panel presentation on the Jurisdiction of the WTO
  4. Third Conference on International Trade and Human Rights, Organization and Chair, Georgetown University, Washington DC, April 5-6
  5. Inaugural Conference of the European Society of International Law, International Law in Europe: Between Tradition and Renewal, Florence, Italy, May 13-15: panel presentation on The Intersection of Trade Law, Human Rights and Environment
  6. Annual WTO Meeting of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, May 12: panel presentation, Is the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Outdated?
  7. Duke Summer Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, July 1-14: Course on International Trade Law
  8. World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, July 14: paper presentation for WTO legal staff on Exit and Voice in International Law: Has the GATT-Club Turned into a WTO-Prison?
  9. International Symposium on the Legal and Political Structure of Foreign Trade Relations of the US and the EU, Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, July 14-17: paper on The Use and Misuse of the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism with Regard to US and EU Foreign Trade Policy
  10. Conference on Legal Patterns of Transnational Social Regulations and Trade, European University Institute, 24-5 September: paper on Non-Traditional Patters of Global Regulation
  11. Conference on Changing Patterns of Authority in the Global Political Economy, Tuebingen University, Germany, October: paper on How Binding are WTO Rules? A Transatlantic Analysis of International Law
  12. International Law Roundtable, Vanderbilt University School of law, November 12-13: Commentator on paper by A. Guzman and B. Simmons, Power Plays and Capacity Constraints, The Selection of Defendants in WTO Disputes

2005

  1. International Law Workshop, Boalt Hall Law School, Berkeley University, March 17: paper on The Transformation of World Trade
  2. Fifth Annual WTO Conference, British Institute for Comparative and International Law, Gray’s Inn, London, May 17-8: paper entitled The Sutherland Report: A Missed Opportunity for Genuine Debate on Trade, Globalization and Reforming the WTO
  3. International Law Workshop on L’influence des Sources sur l’Unit� et la Fragmentation du Droit International, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, May 20-21: paper on international trade law and the fragmentation of international law
  4. Conference on Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System, Edinburgh, Scotland, May 27-8: paper entitled Dispute Settlement in Regional Trade Agreements and Overlaps with the WTO
  5. Visiting Professor at the University of London, King’s College, giving seminars on the relation between international trade law, on the one hand, and public international law and domestic legal systems, on the other (June, 2005)
  6. Lecture Series at the World Trade Institute, Berne, Switzerland, in the framework of the Institute’s Master in International Law and Economics (MILE) Program, focusing on conflict of norms in international law and the effect of WTO law before EU and US courts (June 27-30, 2005)
  7. International Law Association, Meeting of the International Trade Law Committee, Geneva, June 30-July 1
  8. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch, Geneva, July 1: Paper on US — Internet Gambling Dispute
  9. Europeanisation of Public International Law, The Status of International Law in the EU and its Member States, University of Amsterdam, September 2: paper on Europe, America and the “Unity” of International Law
  10. International Trade Law Workshop, Vanderbilt Law School, October 7-8: paper on The Transformation of World Trade
  11. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of International Law, Ottowa, October 26-7: presentation on Treaty Interpretation and the Fragmentation of International Law
  12. National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding Past, Present and Future, November 10-11: presentation on The Relationship between the Rules of the WTO and International Law

2006

  1. Presenter, The Law and Politics of the WTO Appellate Body, Conference on The WTO at 10: The Role of Developing Countries in Negotiations and Dispute Settlement, Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Cairo, Egypt, February
  2. Presenter, International Institutions Linking Trade to Environment, Conference on Global Trade: Enemy or Friend of Sustainable Development?, Duke Student International Discussion Group (SIDG) and the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Durham, February
  3. Presenter, Calibrating the Life-Cycle of International Delegation, Workshop on Delegating Sovereignty: Constitutional and Political Perspectives, Duke Law School, March
  4. Lecturer, Overlaps in WTO and NAFTA Dispute Settlement, Seminar on NAFTA: A Trilateral View, Columbia Law School, New York, March
  5. Presenter, How Strongly Should We Protect and Enforce International Law?, International Law Workshop, University of Chicago School of Law, March
  6. Chair, Panel on Just Trade: Do We Need a Theory of Justice for International Trade Relations, Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Washington DC, April
  7. Presenter, The Transformation of World Trade, Brown Bag Luncheon Series, Department of Political Science, Graduate Institute for International Studies, Geneva, April
  8. Presenter, National Treatment in Trade and Investment Disputes: Complement or Conflict?, Annual WTO Meeting, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, May
  9. Presenter, Choice of Jurisdiction: WTO and Regional Dispute Settlement, Challenges, Options and Opportunities, Conference on the Mexico Soft Drinks Dispute: Implications for Regionalism and for Trade and Sustainable Development, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, May
  10. Presenter, ‘Droit et Politique au Sein de l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce’, Conference on ‘Droit et Politique dans la Constitution d’un Ordre International: Etat du D�bat’, Coll�ge de France, Paris, June
  11. World Trade Forum, Bern, Switzerland, September 8-9, Paper on ‘Like Services’ in GATS
  12. Yale Law School International Law Workshop, October 1, Paper on How Strongly Should We Protect and Enforce International Law?
  13. Lecture Tour in China (Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai), Presenting Conflict of Norms in Public International Law (Chinese Translation) and Paper on Opening-Up the WTO to Public International Law: What does it Mean for China?