Wayne State University

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U.S.-China Economic Law Conference


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Event Contact:
Holly Hughes
(313) 577-3620
hhughes@wayne.edu
                                   
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John Masson
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(734) 647-7352

Kristin Copenhaver
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kcopenhaver@wayne.edu
(313) 577-4834              


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic experts and officials from North America, Europe, and Asia met to analyze critical legal, regulatory, and policy issues surrounding the world’s most important trade and investment relationship.

Friday, February 11, 2011
Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium
Wayne State University Law School
471 W. Palmer, Detroit, MI 48202

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Conference Program

8:30-8:45 a.m.
Pre-Conference Coffee and Tea

8:45-9:00 a.m.
Deans’ Welcome
Video

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Session I – The U.S. and China under the WTO System
Video 1
Video 2

  • Merit Janow, Professor, Columbia University; former Member of the WTO Appellate Body
    Moderator
  • Timothy Stratford, Partner, Covington & Burling (Beijing and Washington, D.C.); former Director, China Desk, US Trade Representative
    “The Impact of the WTO on US-China Economic Relations”
  • Yongjie Li, Department of Treaty and Law, PRC Ministry of Commerce, Humphrey Fellow at American University
    “China in WTO Dispute Settlement: Status and Prospects”
  • Scott Kennedy, Associate Professor, Indiana University; Director, Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business
    “China’s Behavior in Global Governance: From Compliance to Effectiveness”
  • Julia Ya Qin, Professor, Wayne State University Law School
    "China and the WTO: Continuing Systemic Challenges"

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Session II – The Bilateral Relationship – Cases and Controversies
Video 1
Video 2

  • Julia Ya Qin, Professor, Wayne State University Law School
    Moderator
  • Mark Wu, Assistant Professor, Harvard Law School
    “China’s Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties Measures against the U.S.”
  • Sungjoon Cho, Associate Professor and Norman and Edna Freehling Scholar, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
    “A Double Trouble?: The (In-)Coherence of a Double Remedy against Non-Market Dumping and Subsidization”
  • Amelia Porges, Law Offices of Amelia Porges
    “Access to Resources: The Section 301 Case”
  • Ruosi Zhang, WTO Secretariat, Trade in Services Division, Geneva
    “Policy-Making and GATS Schedules: A Common Lesson for China and the United States”

12:30-1:50 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Video

  • Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Partner, WilmerHale, Washington, D.C.; former U.S. Trade Representative
    “Politics of Trade and Globalization: The U.S. – China Relationship”

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Session III – The U.S.-China Investment Relationship
Video 1
Video 2

  • Nicholas C. Howson, Professor, University of Michigan Law School
    Moderator
  • John K. Ohnesorge, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Law
    “China’s Industrial Policy and the Regulation of Foreign Investment ”
  • Minyuan Zhao, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
    “Innovation and Knowledge flows Between the PRC and the U.S.”
  • Wentong Zheng, Associate Professor, SUNY Buffalo School of Law
    “The PRC Anti-monopoly Law and Ministry of Commerce Decisions Impacting U.S. and Foreign Investment Projects”
  • Mary Gallagher, Professor, University of Michigan; Director, Michigan Center for Chinese Studies
    “Changes in the World’s Workshop: Three Shifts in Chinese Labor Issues”

3:45-5:15 p.m.
Session IV – Systemic Concerns
Video 1
Video 2

  • Gregory Fox, Professor, Wayne State University Law School
    Moderator
  • Nicholas C. Howson, Professor, University of Michigan Law School
    “China's Judicial Institutions: the People's Courts and Adjudication of Complex Corporate, Commercial and Investment Disputes”
  • Edward A. Parson, Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law, Michigan Law and Professor of Natural Resources & Environment
    “China and the U.S. – Environmental Law and Policy After Copenhagen”
  • Daniel Rosen, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University; Principal, Rhodium Group
    “China’s Energy Industry”
  • Alan Deardorff, John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy University of Michigan
    “The Currency Conundrum”

5:15-5:30 p.m.
Conference Wrap-Up
Video

  • Nicholas C. Howson, Professor, University of Michigan Law School
  • Gregory Fox, Professor, Wayne State University Law School

5:30-7:00 p.m.
Cocktail and Buffet