"Future Pandemic Management: A Roundtable Discussion", organised by British Embassy Mexico City and C Minds The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned us that this will not be our last pandemic and, according to Bill Gates,…
Roundtable:Gender and Social Inclusion in Trade Agreements. Panelists: Mariangela Linoci, UNCTAD; Bogolo Kenewendo, Former Minister of Trade, Botswana, and Economic Development Consultant; Gloria Atuheirwe, Director…
I moderated the roundtable discussions on trade-policy agenda and gender, at International Trade and Gender Symposium, organised by ECLAC UN, and supported by UK Aid and WTO. In this session, we discussed the similarities and differences between…
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) upcoming selection by its members of the new Director-General (DG), is more critical than ever before. With a tightly contested race of eight highly-skilled candidates, a number of well renowned international…
Organised this online conference, with 20+ speakers and discussants from different universities and 100+ participants overall. The discussions focussed on rethinking, repackaging and rescuing world trade law. Details here:…
The unprecedented economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of COVID-19 is already having dramatic effects on world trade and appears very likely to trigger lasting changes to the world trading system, regardless of how the next phase of 'opening…
Angel Villalobos, Director General De Comercio Internacional de Servicios e Inversión de la Secretaría de Economía del Gobierno de México, organizó un panel en las oficinas de la Secretaría de Economía en la Ciudad de México, para…
A discussion session with TradeTankMx, the very first think tank established in Mexico which focusses on international trade law issues. At this disucssion, we discussed various options of how Mexican WTO Chair Program, ITAM and TradeTankMx can…
I presented this work-in-progress at Law & Society Conference 2019 held at Washington DC. The Chair of Panel: Professor Sergio Puig. The discussant: Professor Joseph Conti. Note: All views or omissions are author's own. This…
No one is a winner in this game of tariffs. With a string of recent protectionist actions, the WTO Members have opened the pandora box. Can we close it to rescue the multilateral trading system? Have a look at my take on India's recent tariffs on…