“Trade and Environment” Workshop

Nov 05, 2007
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TOPIC: Relationship Between the Existing WTO Rules and STOs under MEAs

 

14:00—14:30

“The WTO-MEA Relationship:
Status of Doha Negotiations”

 

  Presenter

Ms. Doaa Abdel Motaal

 

  Discussant

  Wen-chen Shih, Associate Professor

  National Chengchi University

14:30—15:10

15:10—15:30

Coffee Break

15:30—16:00

Environmental Disputes:
“Case Study—Shrimp, Turtle and Gasoline”

 

Presenter

Ms. Doaa Abdel Motaal

 

Discussant

Kuei-Jung Ni, Associate Professor

National Chiao Tung University

 

16:00—16:40

16:40—17:30

Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TOPIC:Comprehensive Discussion on Doha Declaration, Article 6, 31(ii), 32, 33, and 51.

 

10:15—10:45

 

 

 

10:45-10:55

“The Regular CTE: How to Best Use this Platform”

 

 

(Especially on Paragraph 32 of the DDA and discuss the ways in which the CTE may be put to good use)

   Presenter

   Ms. Doaa Abdel Motaal

 

 

    Discussant

    Niven Huang, Secretary General

Business Council for Sustainable Development

10:55—11:40

   Discussion

12:00—14:00

Lunch

 

TOPIC:The Reduction or Elimination of Tariff to Environmental Goods and Services

 

 14:30—15:00

 

 15:00-15:10

 

“Environmental Goods:  Status of Doha Negotiations”

 

(including brief presentation on environmental services as well)

 

 

Presenter

Ms. Doaa Abdel Motaal

 

Discussant

Dr. Lih-Chyi Wen, Taiwan WTO Center, CIER

15:10-15:40

Discussion

15:40-16:00

Coffee Break

 16:00-16:30

“Labeling and the WTO”

 

Presenter

Ms. Doaa Abdel Motaal

16:30—17:00

 

“The development and present status of Environmental labeling”

 

Presenter

Ning Yu, President

Environment and Development Foundation

17:00—17:40

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