The Political Economy and Legal Aspects of Trade in the Trump Era

The Political Economy and Legal Aspects of Trade in the Trump Era

AGENDA

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 9:05 a.m. Welcome, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Berkeley Law
9:05 – 10:25 a.m. Session 1: Why the Backlash Against the Liberal International Economic Order? Berkeley Faculty Perspectives
Andrew Rose, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Paul Pierson, UC Berkeley Political Science
Stavros Gadinis, UC Berkeley Law
Mark Cohen, UC Berkeley Law
Moderated by: Vinod Aggarwal, UC Berkeley Political Science
10:25 – 10:35 a.m. Coffee Break
10:35 – 11:55 a.m. Session 2: Trump Administration’s Trade Policies: American Perspectives
Jennifer Harris, Brookings Institution
Richard Samans, World Economic Forum
Jeffrey Schott, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Terence Stewart, Stewart & Stewart and Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws
Lori Wallach, Public Citizen (tentative)
Moderated by: Mark Wu, Harvard Law
12:00 – 12:40 p.m. Lunch (served in Goldberg Room 297)
12:40 – 2:00 p.m. Session 3: Forging Ahead Without the U.S.: Asian and European Perspectives
Akihiko Tamura, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Guohua Yang, Tsinghua University
Seung Wha Chang, Seoul National University and former WTO Appellate Body
Katerina Linos, UC Berkeley Law
Moderated by: Vinod Aggarwal, UC Berkeley Political Science
2:00 – 2:10 p.m. Coffee Break
2:10 – 3:30 p.m. Session 4: The Appellate Body Crisis
Terence Stewart, Stewart & Stewart and Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws
Thomas Graham, WTO Appellate Body
Ricardo Ramirez-Hernandez, UNAM and former WTO Appellate Body (tentative)
Seung Wha Chang, Seoul National University and former WTO Appellate Body
Moderated by: Mark Wu, Harvard Law
3:30 – 3:55 p.m. Session 5: Where Do We Go From Here?
Open discussion among conference participants
Closing thoughts from speakers
Moderated by: Vinod Aggarwal, UC Berkeley Political Science & Mark Wu, Harvard Law
3:55 – 4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Vinod Aggarwal, UC Berkeley Political Science

Type

Conferences

Location

Warren Room 295, Berkeley Law

Date & Time

Mar 12, 2018

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