On 16 April, FMG organized a webinar to discuss ,the recent WTO panel reports in DS616 (EU –Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties on Stainless Steel Cold-Rolled Flat Products from Indonesia) and DS618 (EU –Countervailing Duties on Imports of Biodiesel from Indonesia). This session was moderated by Gabrielle Marceau, FMG member and former legal adviser at the WTO.
At this session, Jesse Kreier, FMG member and former Acting Director of the WTO Secretariat’s Rules Division; Luca Rubini, Associate Professor in International Law at the University of Milan; Weihuan Zhou, Director of the China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL)Centre at the Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney; Elizabeth Chelliah, FMG member and former Principal Trade Specialist (PTS)at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) of Singapore shared their insights on the two panel reports and the issue of transnational subsidies, and then answered questions from the participants.
Nearly 100 participants including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, representatives from related international organizations, and experts from renowned think tanks and universities etc. attended this session.
Watch this session via YouTube: https://youtu.be/UoQoH6x_YeA?si=whvj5c4plbWVvAX0
Annex 1: Program
13:00-13:05 Opening Remarks
Speaker: Mario Matus (FMG)
13:05-13:10 Introduction
Speaker: Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)
13:10-13:50 Presentations
Moderator: Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)
Speakers: Jesse Kreier
Luca Rubini
Weihuan Zhou
Mary Elizabeth Chelliah
13:50-14:30 Discussions
Moderator: Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)
Annex 2: List of participants
I.FMG/FFMG
Mario Matus (FMG)
Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)
Jesse Kreier (FMG)
Mary Elizabeth Chelliah (FMG)
Ignacio Garcia Bercero (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Keith Rockwell (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Iain Sandford (FMG)
Hiromi Yano (FMG)
Victor do Prado (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Andrea Spear (FMG)
Rosine Plank (FMG)
Siqi Li (FMG)
Bechir N’DAW (FFMG)
II.Missions
France: Emmanuelle Ivanov-Durand, Ambassador
Guyana: Leslie Ramsammy, Ambassador
Hong Kong of China: Kwan Yung Lo, Assistant Representative
Australia: Kristin Tilley, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission
Viet Nam: Giang Pham, Counsellor
Turkey: Ipek Bozoglu, Counsellor
Swiss: Jean-Marie Meraldi, Counsellor
France: Emmanuel Krausz, Conseiller
Ghana: Maxwell Apenkro, Counsellor
Thailand: Worabhatra Chantramitra, Counsellor
Singapore: Terri Lim, Counsellor
Korea: Sokkwang Hong, Counsellor
U.S.: Melody Temidara, Assistant Legal Advisor
Italy: Tiziana Zugliano, Trade Attache
Cyprus: Christina Agrotou, Trade Attache
EU: Hene Leht-Blight, Trade Officer
Guyana: Colin Luckie, First Secretary
Poland: Katarzyna Stecz, First Secretary
III.Governments
Leticia Hernando, European Commission
Mariana Ignatescu, European Commission
Marcus Gustafsson, European Commission
Lothar Ehring, European Commission
Chancheyseth Sam, Cambodia
Kun Cheng, China
Sandeep Thomas, UK
Alejandro Kiyoshi Matsuno Remigio, Peru
IV.International Organizations
Hang Tran, WTO
Quentin Baird, WTO
Sophie van der Schrier, WTO
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Maxim Shmelev, WTO
Henrique Monteiro, World Bank
Priyadarshini Venkatesh, Universal Postal Union
V.Think Tank
Ieva Barsauskaite, IISD
VI. Universities
Luca Rubini, University of Milan
Weihuan Zhou, UNSW Sydney
Peter Van den Bossche, WTI
Qigang Yuan, Shandong University, China
Antoine Comont, University Laval
Marios Tokas, University of Copenhagen
Christian Delev, University of Bristol
Geraldo Vidigal, University of Amsterdam
Carlo De Stefano, Roma Tre University
Shailja Singh, Jindal Global Law School
Marc Oliver Heim, University College London
Elaine Fahey, City Law School
Diyora Shukurova, WIUT
Elettra Bargellini, EUI
Yuxin Liu, UNSW
Vinitika Vij, UNSW
Haoxue Wang, UNSW
Wolfgang Weiss, Speyer university
Joost Pauwelyn, Geneva Graduate Institute
Jiangyuan Fu, Maynooth university
Ngô Quân, Hanoi Law University
Yuyan Dai, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , China
Xiguan Wu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Hugo Hu, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China
Rid Wong, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China
Hanyan Hu, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China
Joey Zhou, Chongqing University, China
Sai Chamarty, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Siyuan Yang, Fudan University, China
Leonardo Borlini, Bocconi University
Aijie Wu, University of International Business and Economics, China
VII.Others
Werner Zdouc, Former Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach Division, WTO
Dale Honeck, Former Senior Counsellor, WTO
Zhenghao Li, Partner, King & Wood
Saniya Khanna, Associate, Economic Laws Practice
Joanna Redelbach, Counsel, Van Bael & Bellis
Dieig Alonso Fuentes, Economist, Remedia-group
Zarina Khetagurova, Consultant, EEC
Meylinda Meylinda, FACTS ASIA
Jiang Tan, Beijing Guanling Law Firm
Huan Zhu, China trade monitor
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