Ricardo Ramirez at WTO Appellate Body: Discussions and Reflections

WTO Co-Chair for Mexico, Dr. Amrita Bahri from ITAM University, Mexico City collaborated with Horacio A. Lopez-Portillo from Vazquez Tercero & Zepeda to organize an event to celebrate Ricardo Ramirez's successful stint at the WTO Appellate Body on the 16th August 2018 at ITAM University.

Treatment of Non-Market Economies in Anti-Dumping Proceedings: The Mexican Approach

Note: All views or omissions are author's own. This article is written and being published here solely for academic exchange purposes, and does not reflect the views of WTO on this or other issues in any manner. Abstract: Mexico has employed special methodologies for price-determination and calculation of dumping margins against Chinese imports in almost all anti-dumping investigations. This chapter attempts to explain and analyze the NME-specific procedures employed by Mexican authorities for investigating imports from China.

“Appellate Body Held Hostage”: Is Judicial Activism at Fair Trial?

Note: All views or omissions are author's own. This paper is solely for academic exchange purposes, and it does not reflect or suggest WTO's view on this or any other matter at all.

'Globalisation, WTO Dispute Settlement and India': An awareness-building workshop and webinar at UNAM, Mexico City

This workshop and webinar was a part of Diplomado en Estudios sobre Asía 2018 at UNAM, Mexico City. The presentation focussed on globalisation, the need for regulation, the relevance of WTO and its Dispute Settlement Mechanism for India. The session was telecasted live as a webinar at Escuela nacional de estudios superiores Morelia and Universidad michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo. The presentation is attached.

INDIA AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: CHARTING A NEW MODEL OF TRADE LAW CAPACITY BUILDING, with James Nedumpara

This study provides one of the most practically-informed and empirically grounded analysis of how India has strengthened its dispute settlement participation in trade law through capacity building with the help of cost-effective strategies employed at the domestic level. In particular, this chapter examines the steps that India has taken to transform its domestic institutions and key participants by responding proactively to the demands of the WTO legal system.

Advanced dispute settlement course (Mexico City), Community outreach (Guadalajara)

The WTO Chair for Mexico conducted outreach activities in Guadalajara 22-24 August 2018, featuring presentations by Maria Pereyra, Senior Counsellor, Legal Affairs Divisions, Dr. Edna Ramirez Robles, Professor at the University of Guadalajara and Tec de Monterrey (Campus Guadalajara), and Dr. Bradly Condon, Chairholder, WTO Chair for Mexico. On August 22, we met with the Director of International Affairs for the University of Guadalajara.