75 students graduated with Master of Arts in International Studies and 10 students graduated with a Master of Arts in Economics (doing trade related research and being supervised by WCP members) on Friday 22nd December 2017 at the Chancellor’s Court the 58th Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees and Award of Diplomas.
In April 2018, Bradly Condon hosted Michael Ewing-Chow at the ITAM Law Department seminar series. Professor Ewing-Chow delivered a paper analyzing how international trade enhances food security. The seminar was attended by the members of the law faculty at ITAM law school. ITAM provided the funding for Professor Ewing-Chow’s travel and accommodation. This event was part of the Mexico WTO Chair’s initiative to expand outreach and to enhance collaboration among WTO Chairs.
A talk was delivered by Amrita Bahri - "Can International Trade Law Accommodate Gender Justice?", at Gender Justice and Rule of Law . The event was organized by British High Commission, Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City.
This seminar on “Mexico's Commercial Challenges to the New International Reality: The NAFTA Re-Negotiation and the Future of Chapter 19 (Dumping Issues)” was held on 13 December, 2017, at ITAM, Mexico City (in association with London School of Economic and British High Commission) and was aimed to discuss Mexico’s options against Trump’s Proposed Border Tax; if WTO is a viable option and what will happen with the Chapter 19 of Dumping and Subsidies.
The Inaugural Conference of the South Asia IEL Network was held in New Delhi and at the Jindal Global Law School, Jindal Global University in Sonipat, Haryana (just outside New Delhi), India, on 29-30 April 2017. The meeting was moderated by Professor Colin Picker (Associate Dean, University of New South Wales). The participants approved the fundamental goals of the South Asia International Economic Law Network (SAIELN).
The law of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is not autonomous. It shapes and is shaped. It affects not only countries’ trade and tariff policies, but also shapes their laws, regulations and institutions. In particular, it creates new accountability mechanisms with particular normative frames, and opens markets creating new demand for professional expertise, such as legal expertise. This study examines the growing role of Indian lawyers in the transformation of Indian trade policy through the development of trade-related legal capacity.
Bradly Condon, Valentina Delich, Michael Ewing-Chow, Henry Gao, Pinar Artiran and Mark Wu organized and participated in a WTO Chair panel at the July 2018 conference of the Society for International Economic Law.
Professor Bradly Condon, WTO Chairholder for Mexico, did a presentation on “The Multilateral Trade System and the Environment” (El sistema multilateral de comercio y el medio ambiente), at the Seminar for Latin American journalists in Mexico City on 23 October 2018. The event was organized by the WTO and the Secretariat of Economy of the Government of Mexico. The seminar, which was held in Spanish, brought together journalists from all over Latin America. Professor Condon gave a 15 minute presentation, which was followed by a 90 minute question and answer session with the journalists.
World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement Understanding (WTO DSU) is a two-tier mechanism. The first tier is international adjudication and the second tier is domestic handling of trade disputes. Both tiers are interdependent and interconnected. A case that is poorly handled at the domestic level generally stands a relatively lower chance of success at the international level, and hence, the future of WTO litigation is partially predetermined by the manner in which it is handled at the domestic level.
Multiple scholarly works have argued that developing country Members of World Trade Organization (WTO) should enhance their dispute settlement capacity to successfully and cost effectively navigate the system of WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU). It is one thing to be a part of WTO agreements and know the WTO rules, and another to know how to use and take advantage of those agreements and rules in practice.