Pei-Kan Yang (楊培侃)
Current Position
Associate Professor of Law
Department of International Business, College of Commerce, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Education
w J.D. (Law), Duke University, 2006
w LL.M. (Law), National Taiwan University, 2002
w LL.B. (Law), National Taiwan University, 1996
Research Interests
w International Trade Law, International Health Law, International Intellectual Property, International Investment Law, International Commercial Arbitration
Teaching Interests
w International Trade Law, International Health Law, WTO Dispute Settlement
Short Bio
Pei-Kan Yang is Associate Professor of Law at Department of International Business, National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Taiwan since 2013. Previously he was Assistant Professor at Feng-Chia University (2006~2011) and Taipei Medical University (2011~2013), and also taught at Soochow University. He offers courses on international trade law, commercial law, legal methods and WTO dispute settlement system. He specializes in international economic law and international health law, and published many articles on trade and health related issues in accredited academic journals. He is also a researcher of the Research Center for International Organization and Trade Law under the Commerce College of NCCU and a member of the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy under National Taiwan University.
Professor Yang received his LL.B. and LL.M. from National Taiwan University, College of Law in 1996 and 2002, and his J.D. and from Duke University, School of Law in 2006. He serves as a member of editorial committee of the Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal (CAA) and the Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy (AJWH). He also serves as a board member to the Society of Law and Medicine in Taiwan and a commissioner of Advisory Council for GMO Food under Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW). Professor Yang has been recommended on the roster of legal experts on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) by MOHW to the World Health Organization (WHO), and commissioned to assist MOHW in participating many sessions of Conference of Parties to the WHO/FCTC or engaging in various international exchange activities.
Recent Publications
w Pei-kan Yang, Patent Term Extension for Pharmaceutical Products in Free Trade Agreements and Policy Options for Mitigation of Health Implications, Manchester Journal of International Economic Law 17(2), pp.218-243 (2020/10).
w Pei-kan Yang, A Historical Review of the U.S. Strategy on SPS and TBT Issues in
Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiation, Asian Journal of WTO & Int’l Health Law and Policy, 15(2), pp.539-565 (2020/9).
w Pei-kan Yang, Competition Issues in Cross-Border Commercial Activities of State-Owned Enterprises and the Need for New Disciplines in Free Trade Agreements, in the "the 19th Conference on the Development of International Economic and Trade Law", Research Center for International Economic Organization and Trade Law, National Chengchi University, pp. 155-216 (2018/05).
w Pei-Kan Yang, The Margin of Appreciation Debate over Novel Cigarette Packaging Regulations in Philip Morris v. Uruguay: A Step toward a Balanced Standard of Review in
Investment Disputes, Brill Open Law, Vol.1, No.2018, pp.1-21.
w Pei-Kan Yang, Exploring the Controversy over Cigarette Packaging Regulations and the Use of Trademark in Tobacco-Related Investment Disputes: Implications of Philip Morris V. Uruguay, in the "the 17th Conference on the Development of International Economic and Trade Law", Research Center for International Economic Organization and Trade Law, National Chengchi University, pp. 309-366 (2017/06).
w Pei-Kan Yang, Protection of Indigenous Cultural Heritage in Free Trade Agreements: Issues and Challenges from a North-South Perspective, in LEGAL THOUGHTS BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST IN MULTILEVEL LEGAL ORDER, Lo, Chang-fa, Li, Nigel, Lin, Tsai-yu (Eds.), pp. 309-334 (2016).
w Pei-kan Yang, Tobacco Control Issues and Provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, in the "the 16th Conference on the Development of International Economic and Trade Law", Research Center for International Economic Organization and Trade Law, National Chengchi University, pp. 339-421 (2016/06).
w Pei-kan Yang, Exploring the Concept of Non-Reliance Obligation under Pharmaceutical Data Exclusivity Regime with Emphasis on the Implications of Bayer v. Canada, Chengchi Law Review, No. 141, pp. 51-107 (2015/06).
w Pei-kan Yang, The U.S. SPS and TBT Proposals and Relevant Issues in the Negotiation of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, in "the 15th Conference on the Development of International Economic and Trade Law", Research Center for International Economic Organization and Trade Law, National Chengchi University, pp. 295-370 (2015/06).
w Pei-kan Yang, SPS Agreement in the Era of Private Standards Proliferation: Its Functions and Limitations in Global Food Safety Governance, 11 TECH. L. REV., June 2014, at 1, pp.29-74 (2014/06).
w Pei-kan Yang, Controversies over Pharmaceutical and Health Provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnerships Negotiations, in "the 14th Conference on the Development of International Economic and Trade Law", Research Center for International Economic Organization and Trade Law, National Chengchi University, pp.169-232 (2014/06).