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II / 07 - Health, TBT, SPS, GMOs |
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15 -18 February 2010
Arthur E Appleton, Appleton Luff
Gretchen Stanton, World Trade Organisation
Lectures and studies on the implementation and application of general exceptions and of the Agreements on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement). The course addresses fundamental issues of the relationship between national or regional regulatory powers and disciplines of WTO law. Different approaches to regulating TBT and SPS measures and current issues, such as GMOs, are discussed in a transnational context. Of particular interest to government, industry, agriculture and academics.
Lecturers:
Dr. Arthur E. Appleton is a Founding Partner of Appleton Luff – International Lawyers (www.appletonluff.com) a boutique international trade and arbitration firm with offices in Brussels, Geneva, Singapore, Warsaw and Washington, D.C. Dr. Appleton has more than 20 years of experience in the field of international trade (GATT/WTO) law dating back to the late 1980s when he advised a prominent Asian country during the Uruguay Round negotiations. He works with businesses, sovereign States, international organizations and non-governmental organizations on international trade and arbitration matters and has appeared as lead counsel before the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. He has published two books and more than 30 articles on trade and arbitration issues, and is a co-editor (with Patrick Macrory and Michael Plummer) of “The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis”, a multi-volume work that appeared in spring 2005. Dr. Appleton serves on the Board of Directors of the World Trade Institute, and on the Steering Committee of the International Trade Law Center of the International Law Institute (Washington, D.C.). He is also on the Board of the International Business Lawyers Association (Geneva), and the Editorial Board of Legal Issues of Economic Integration. Dr. Appleton has been recognized in the International Who’s Who of Trade and Customs Lawyers since the year 2000. Prior to forming Appleton Luff, Dr. Appleton was Counsel with White & Case and Of Counsel with Lalive & Partners.
Ms Gretchen Heimpel Stanton is a Senior Counsellor in the Agriculture and Commodities Division of the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She joined the Secretariat of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1985. During the Uruguay Round negotiations, she served as the Chairman of the Working Group that negotiated the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the "SPS Agreement"). She is now Secretary of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. Ms. Stanton previously also served as Secretary of the International Dairy Agreement of the WTO. She has been the Secretary of a number of GATT and WTO dispute settlement panels. Prior to joining the GATT, she worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service in Washington, D.C. and in Mexico City. Her work has taken her to numerous countries, in particular to provide training regarding the SPS Agreement.
Cost: CHF 1'500.-
Registration date: 8 February 2010
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Master Programme (MILE) 