The Future of the World Trading System after the Failure of Cancún

Gemeinsame Tagung von ECSA-Austria, ECSA-Schweiz und dem AEI

Ort: Wien/Österreich, Tech-Gate Vienna, Donau-City-Strasse 1

Datum: 20.-21. November 2003

Der Tagsungsbericht "Scheitern als Chance - Die Welthandelsorganisation nach dem Gipfel von Cancún" von Matthias Heddenhausen kann als PDF-Datei heruntergeladen werden. >> zum Dokument

Tagungsprogramm

Thursday, November 20, 2003

WTO-Law: Evolution and Context

9.00 a.m.
Welcome address
Representative of the Host of the Conference, Tech Gate Vienna GmbH

9.15 – 10.45 a.m. Panel 1
The WTO System in the International Legal Order - World Trade Governance Governed by International Law?
Joost B. Pauwelyn, Duke University, Durham / NC., USA
> Contributions from Gabrielle Marceau, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland, and Erich Vranes, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet, Vienna, Austria

10.45 – 11.15 a.m.
Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.45 p.m. Panel 2
Legitimacy, Democracy, and WTO Law
Thomas Cottier, University of Berne, Switzerland, and
Claus-Dieter Ehlermann, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Brussels, Belgium (tbc)
> Contribution from Stefan Griller, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet, Vienna, Austria

12.45 – 2.00 p.m.
Lunch

2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Panel 3
Overlaps, Cross-References, and the Quest for Consistency: Principles Governing the Interrelations of the WTO Agreements
Bill Davey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL., USA
> Contribution from Werner Zdouc, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland

3.30 – 4.00 p.m.
Coffee Break

4.00 – 6.00 p.m. Panel 4
Balancing Economic Integration Disciplines: Exception Clauses and Rule(s) of Reason in EC and WTO Law
Peter-Christian Müller-Graff, University of Heidelberg, Germany
> Contribution from Piet Eeckhout, Kings College, London, UK

Friday, November 21, 2003

Selected Items from the Agenda

9.00 – 10.30 a.m. Panel 5
Does the "Development Round" Foster Development?
Petina Gappah, Advisory Centre on WTO Law, Geneva, Switzerland
> Contribution from Fritz Breuss, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet, Vienna, Austria

10.30 – 11.00 a.m.
Coffee Break

11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Panel 6
Agriculture
Alan Matthews, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
> Contribution from Markus Hofreither, University of Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

12.30 – 2.00 p.m.
Lunch

2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Panel 7
GATS and Domestic Regulation
Rolf Adlung, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland
> Contribution from Wolfgang Weiß, University of Bayreuth, Germany (tbc.)

3.30 – 4.00 p.m.
Coffee Break

4.00 – 6.00 p.m. Panel 8
TRIPs
Jacques Bourgeois, Atkin, Strauss, Gump, Hauer & Feld, Brussels, Belgium
> Contribution from Jayashree Watal, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland

6.00 p.m.
End of the Conference

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Tagungsbericht | 8 Seiten | PDF | 164 KByte
Heddenhausen, Matthias 2004: Scheitern als Chance - Die Welthandelsorganisation nach dem Gipfel von Cancún, in: integration 1-­2/2004, S. 138-146.