Participation in International Conferences
- 2009 -
19 October 2009
"Eighth Forum on the WTO and Shenzhen"
Shenzhen, China
At the Eight Forum on the WTO and Shenzhen, the Institute’s Executive
Director, Andrew Stoler, delivered a speech on the topic Trade Protectionism
and the WTO: A New Challenge under the Global Financial Crisis. A copy of the
speech is available here. Mr. Stoler,
who has been a Senior Advisor to the Advisory Committee of the Shenzhen WTO
Affairs Centre since 2003, was also re-appointed to this position for the 2010
– 2013 period.
14-15 September 2009
"Regional Integration in Asia and Europe"
Sussex, United Kingdom
Executive Director Stoler addressed the Sussex conference on regional integration
in Asia and Europe on the topic of TBT and SPS provisions in regional trading
agreements (RTAs). The two-day conference, held at the University of Sussex,
was co-sponsored by the Centre for the Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex
(CARIS) and the International Trade Department of the World Bank. Mr. Stoler’s
comments, available here,
are drawn from a larger study expected to be published by the World Bank as
part of a handbook for developing countries on RTA negotiations.
24-25 August 2009
“Fulbright Symposium on the Australia – US FTA”
Canberra, Australia
The Institute’s Executive Director, Andrew Stoler, addressed the annual
Fulbright Symposium on the economic impact of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement
in the four years since its implementation. In his speech, a copy of which can
be found here, Mr. Stoler indicated that
while it is likely too early to definitively ascribe many developments in bilateral
trade and investment to the implementation of the AUSFTA, it also seems clear
that Australia’s exports to the USA performed better in the period since
the FTA and that the trade diversion feared by some economists had not materialized.
The slideshow that accompanied the speech can be found here.
14 August 2009
“Symposium on WTO Litigation: Issues and Reforms”
Sydney, Australia
Executive Director Stoler was a principal speaker in this day-long symposium
organized by the Law School of the University of Sydney. The symposium brought
together WTO experts from Australia, Japan and New Zealand for an exchange on
many of the key issues that have shaped the negotiation and litigation environment
at the WTO over the past decade. Andrew Stoler addressed the evolution of subsidies
disciplines in the GATT and the WTO. The paper which formed the basis for his
remarks can be found here.
8-10 January 2009
"Farm Foundation Round Table Meeting"
Maui, Hawaii
The Institute’s Executive Director was a featured speaker at
the semi-annual Round Table meeting of the American Farm Foundation held in
Maui, Hawaii. Mr. Stoler addressed the group on the question of the Future of
the Global Trading System. A copy of his remarks can be found here.
Some 150 agricultural industry, academics and farmers took part in the three
days of meetings.
- 2008 -
11-12 December 2008
“Alternative Frameworks for Agricultural Trade Negotiations”
Adelaide, Australia
As an element of its ongoing research project funded by the Rural Industries
Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) and the Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the Institute hosted an international conference
on Alternative Frameworks for Agricultural Trade Negotiations in Adelaide on
11-12 December 2008. Conference participants heard researchers from India, China,
Indonesia and Brazil present papers on the political economy of agricultural
trade negotiations in their countries and the likely reactions of government
officials to the possibility of “critical mass” or other alternative
frameworks for agricultural trade negotiations. The Institute also presented
summaries of contributions to the research project received from individual
experts from around the world. A PowerPoint presentation described international
opinion on key issues in agricultural trade negotiations (click
here for a pdf file containing the presentation). Once the input papers
are finalised, the results of the conference will be published by the project
directors.
3-4 November 2008
"Aid for Trade Policy Dialogue"
Paris, France
The Institute's Director for International Programs for China and the
Pacific, Jim Redden, was recently invited to present a paper on 'Perspectives
on Trade, Growth and Poverty Reduction in the Asia Pacific Region' at an OECD
Policy Dialogue on 'Aid for Trade'. The powerpoint summary of the Institute's
presentation can be found on the OECD
website along with a number of other very useful inputs from, for example, Alan
Winters (DFID), Bernard Hoekman (World Bank) and representatives from CUTS in
India who were on the same panel with Jim Redden.
30-31 May 2008
“The Future of Agriculture – A Global Dialogue Amongst Stakeholders”
Barcelona, Spain
The Institute’s Executive Director participated in this dialogue
on the future of agriculture and the issues faced by farmers and governments
at the invitation of the organizers of the meeting: the University of Barcelona
and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. Among the
topics covered in the conference were: the current state of WTO agriculture
trade negotiations; trends and drivers of production and import demand for agricultural
commodities; and, the impact of climate change issues on agricultural production
and trade.
10 April 2008
"Attorney General's International Trade Law Symposium"
Canberra, Australia
The Institute's Visiting WTO Fellow, Victoria Donaldson, addressed
the Attorney General's International Trade Law Symposium on the subject of proliferating
procedure in WTO dispute settlement. In her remarks, she suggests that the proliferation
of ad hoc procedural issues argues for effective standardized rules that could
contribute to saving time in the proceedings and guide members when they participate
in disputes.
7 April 2008
"Warwick Commission Symposium on the Future of the Trading System"
Melbourne, Australia
Executive Director Stoler addressed a Warwick Commission symposium
on the future of the multilateral trading system on the need for negotiators
to move away from the non-productive "single undertaking" approach
to international trade negotiations and return to the more effective "critical
mass" model of negotiations.
- 2007 -
5 November 2007
"eba Business and Sustainability Summit"
Sydney, Australia
Executive Director Andrew Stoler was one of six expert panellists featured at Environment Business Australia's annual Business and Sustainability Summit. In his comment, he focussed on how WTO Members are increasingly taking environmental concerns into account in crafting new rules for the trading system and the threat to international trade posed by recent protectionist moves disguised as environment-friendly measures such as the "food miles" initiative.
30-31 August 2007
"Pasifika" Thought Leaders Dialogue
Auckland, New Zealand
Institute Executive Director, Andrew Stoler, served as an export commentator in this conference on Pacific Island issues where he discussed border control issues in the region and Pacific Islands trade and economic challenges.
17-19 July 2007
"World Conference on Higher Education"
Macau, China
The Institute's WTO Visiting Fellow, Aik Hoe Lim spoke on "Education Services and the GATS", - the keynote address at the Fourth Session of Regional Follow-up Committee for the 1998 World Conference on Higher Education, Internationalization of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific: Linkages, Cooperation and Trade.
26 April 2007
"APEC High Level Public-Private Policy Dialogue on the Policy Framework for Investment"
Melbourne, Australia
The Institute's Executive Director, Andrew Stoler, participated as an expert panelist in this seminar's discussion of the OECD Policy Framework for INvestment (PFI), policy coherence and behind the border barriers to investment.
22 April 2007
"APEC Trade Policy Dialogue"
Adelaide, Australia
Andrew Stoler, Executive Director of the Institute, was a featured speaker at the SOM-II APEC Trade Policy Dialogue in Adelaide. In his comments, he discussed the legal, institutional and policy implications of a possible Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP).
20 April 2007
"Annual Conference of APEC Study Centres"
Melbourne, Australia
At the annual conference of APEC Study Centres held in Melbourne, the Executive Director spoke of initiatives undertaken by China and its Asia-Pacific neighbours designed to facilitate adjustment to the rising influence of China in the Region.
18 April 2007
"Joint Investment Experts Group / Group on Services APEC Workshop"
Adelaide, Australia
Executive Director Stoler addressed the experts' workshop on the issue of the Implications of the MFN Rule in Agreements at the Bilateral and Regional Level.
4 February 2007
"Asia-Pacific Quality Network Conference"
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Institute's WTO Visiting Fellow, Aik Hoe Lim, delivered a talk
on the topic: "Implication of the GATS for Higher Education" in Plenary
1 of the 2007 Asia-Pacific Quality Network Conference and Annual General Meeting,
Emerging Challenges, Emerging Practices: Sharing a Global Vision of Quality
Assurance in Higher Education.
- 2006 -
11-12 December 2006
Reshaping APEC for the Asian Pacific Century - Priorities and Strategies
Melbourne, Australia
The Institute's Executive Director, Andrew Stoler, participated as a speaker in this APEC Studies Centre Network Preliminary Conference for APEC 2007. Mr Stoler was a panel member in the conference session addressing ways in which APEC could contribute to improved trade liberalisation and presented a short paper on Raising Standards of Regional Liberalisation. Australia will host APEC in 2007 and the full conference to follow this day and a half session will be held in March 2007.
21-22 November 2006
Conference on Regional Integration at the Crossroads
Santiago, Chile
The Institute contributed a paper on "Regionalism v. Multilateralism: a View from the Asia-Pacific Region" to the deliberations of this two-day international conference sponsored by the European Union, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and OBREAL (Observatorio Relaciones UE-America Latina). The conference examined in detail the issue of whether regional trade agreements can contribute to international cooperation on other fronts and the complex relationship between the WTO systems and regional agreements.
1-2 November 2006
Third ARTNeT Consultative Meeting of Policy Makers and Research Institutions
Macao, China
At the invitation of UNESCAP, the Institute participated in the Consultative Meeting where researchers and policy-makers exchanged views with a view to ensuring that future Asia-Pacific trade and economic research projects are demand-driven and practically useful to governments and the private sector. The Institute's Executive Director made a presentation to the conference on Trade Facilitation, Regional Integration and Logistics Liberalisation.
21-22 September 2006
Second World Forum on China Studies
Shanghai, China
Executive Director Stoler was invited to participate in this major conference by the organizers, the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. More than 500 experts from China and overseas attended the two-day conference. Mr Stoler presented a paper and delivered a speech to this major international conference on the topic of China's role in the WTO and the Doha Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. See also coverage from the Shanghai Daily newspaper.
2 - 3 August 2006
APEC Australia 2007 Symposium
Sanctuary Cove, Australia
The Institute's Executive Director was a featured speaker at the Australia 2007 Symposium for APEC Member Economies held at the Sanctuary Cove resort in Queensland. Mr Stoler spoke on the subject of APEC's future role in trade and investment. More than 170 government officials and business representatives participated in the two-day symposium. Australia will chair APEC in 2007.
1 – 2 May 2006
Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Conference
Sydney, Australia
Executive Director Stoler chaired the plenary session of the IPBA Annual Conference
where discussion focussed on the increasingly important role played by free
trade agreements in the region. He also participated in a panel discussion analysing
the pros and cons of FTAs and the interface between FTAs and the WTO.
6 – 7 April 2006
Columbia University Conference on the WTO at Ten
New York City, USA
The Institute’s Executive Director was a member of a panel examining
the experience with the WTO dispute settlement system to date and suggesting
ways in which the system might be improved in the light of experience. Mr. Stoler’s
remarks focussed on how the panel and appellate
review process might be improved.
24 March 2006
SCCWTO Conference on Prospects for the Doha Round
Shanghai, China
At a major conference of entrepreneurs organized by the Shanghai WTO
Consultation Centre, the Institute’s Executive Director, Andrew Stoler,
spoke on prospects for the Doha
Round in the aftermath of the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference.
16 February 2006
2006 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum - Prospering in Rural America
Arlington, VA, USA
The Institute's Executive Director addressed the annual Outlook Conference on
the subject of the WTO's Doha Round
and the U.S. Agriculture Agenda. More than 1600 participants registered
for the annual Conference in 2006 with approximately 350 persons in attendance
at the session on Globalization and the World Trade Organization.
15 February 2006
Foreign Agricultural Service Seminar on Subsidies Disciplines
Washington, DC, USA
Executive Director Stoler delivered a presentation on The
Evolution of Subsidies Disciplines in a seminar for officers in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service and representatives
of other U.S. agencies with responsibilities in international trade.
- 2005 -
19-20 December 2005
Annual Conference of Advisory Committee of Shenzhen WTO Affairs Centre
2005 and the 4th Shenzhen WTO Senior Forum
Executive Director Stoler attended the annual Conference of Advisory
Committee of Shenzhen WTO Affairs Centre and the 4th Shenzhen WTO Senior Forum
in his capacity as Senior Advisor. He contributed comments on the importance
of services trade liberalisation to China’s future economic development.
10-19 December 2005
6th WTO Ministerial Conference
On the occasion of the World Trade Organization’s Sixth Ministerial Conference
in Hong Kong, the Institute’s Executive Director spoke on trade facilitation
issues and the Doha Round negotiations of a 2-day forum for developing countries
organised by the WTO-UNCTAD International Trade Centre and Aitic (the Agency
for International Trade Information and Cooperation).
8-10 November 2005
TFA-ICC Geneva WTO Meetings
Executive Director Stoler chaired a joint meeting of the TFA and International
Chamber of Commerce at the WTO Secretariat in Geneva on Trade Facilitation Negotiations.
2-3 November 2005
Geneva Business Roundtable
Executive Director Stoler presented a seminar to the Geneva Business Roundtable
on “How Business & NGO Representatives get the most out of Ministerial
Meetings”.
21 September 2005
New Zealand Institute for International Affairs
IIBE&L’s Executive Director Stoler was a featured speaker in the NZIIA’s
Seminar on the Economic and Social Aspects of Globalization.
- 2004 -
1 - 2 December 2004
2004 Annual Conference of the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre Advisory
Committee & WTO Affairs Forum of the 6th Shanghai International Industry
Fair
As a Senior Advisor to the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation
Centre, Executive Director Stoler attended the conference and presented a paper
on the current environment for international trade negotiations and China's
role in those negotiations.
24 November 2004
World Dairy Summit - Melbourne
Executive Director Stoler delivered a presentation
on the implications for the dairy industry of the outcomes of recent
trade negotiations
26 October 2004
International Bar Association Conference - Auckland
Andrew Stoler presented a paper at the IBA annual conference on
the Doha Round negotiations addressed to the interface of WTO
Rules and Multilateral Environmental Agreements
11 October 2004
OECD - UNESCO Forum on Education Services - Sydney
The Institute's Executive Director, Mr Stoler, addressed the international
conference on the subject of how to understand and schedule GATS commitments
on trade in servcies.
23 September 2004
Attorney General’s International Trade Law Conference – Canberra
Executive Director Stoler presented a paper on the topic: AUSFTA
as a “Third Wave” Trade Agreement: Beyond the WTO Envelope
27 – 29 August 2004
Australian Leadership Retreat – Hayman Island 2004
IIBE&L’s Executive Director participated in the Retreat as an invited
speaker where he spoke about The WTO and
Free Trade Agreements: Does “Competitive Liberalisation Really Work?”
12 – 13 August 2004
Australia – China Free Trade Agreement Conference – Sydney
Mr. Stoler addressed the conference on one of the key issues affecting the possible
FTA between Australia and China: Market
Economy Status for China: Implications for Antidumping Protection in Australia
4-6 July 2004
International Conference on Free Trade Agreements in the Asia Pacific Region
Executive Director Stoler presented a paper at the 4-6 July 2004
conference held at the University of Western Australia in Perth on the topic
of Preferential Trade Agreements and the
Role and Goals of the World Trade Organization.
24-25 February 2004
Adelaide WTO Law and Economic Symposium
The Institute and the Sydney Centre for International and Global Law hosted
a symposium in Adelaide on 24-25 February that focused on the welfare effects
of the law of the World Trade Organization. Participants attended from around
Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Click here
for photos and papers presented at the WTO Law and Economics Symposium.
- 2003 -
20-21 December 2003
2003 Annual Conference of the Advisory Committee of the Shenzehen WTO Affairs Centre
As a Senior Advisor to the Shenzhen Centre, Executive Director Stoler attended the conference and presented a paper on current opportunities for China in WTO and the ongoing WTO trade negotiations.
1-2 December 2003
Third Annual Meeting of the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre
In his capacity of Senior Advisor to the Shanghai Centre, Executive Director Stoler presented a paper on the treatment of China as a Non-Market Economy and China's options for dealing with this issue in the future.
9-13 September 2003
WTO Ministerial Conference
On the occasion of the World Trade Organization's Fifth Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico, the Institute's Executive Director participated as a panelist on an Agriculture industries public forum on Doha Round Developments.
27 May 2003
Canberra Round Table on Trade and Development
IIBE&L Executive Director Stoler spoke on the subject of the Gains and Costs to Developing Countries from the Multilateral Trading System at this round table event organised in Parliament House, Canberra by the Australian Council for Overseas Aid, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad and World Vision Australia.
16-17 May 2003
Conference on Managing Global Trade: The WTO, Trade Remedies and Dispute Settlement
IIBE&L Executive Director Stoler delivered a paper on the subject of "The WTO Dispute Settlement Process: Did We Get What Negotiators Wanted?" at this conference in Washington, DC organised by Dartmouth College's Centre for International Business.
7-8 May 2003
Conference on Free Trade Areas and United States Policy
IIBE&L Executive Director Stoler delivered a paper on the costs and benefits of the proposed Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement at this major conference in Washington, DC organised by the Institute for International Economics.
28 February 2003
Stanford University Workshop on the EU, the US and the WTO
IIBE&L Executive Director Stoler delivered the keynote address on The Current State of the WTO.
15 January 2003
OECD-APEC Global Forum: Policy Frameworks for the Digital Economy
IIBE&L Executive Director Stoler delivered a speech on The Role of ICT-Related Trade in Growth and Development and the Doha Development Agenda.
Click here for a summary of results of the full conference.
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