IV Symposium on International Trade
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Date: Friday, February 1, 2008
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Hour: 8h30
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Place: At the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 6th Floor Auditorium
-Unlocking the Doha Round: Perspectives for 2008
-Global Warming and Environmental Preservation: What Options International Trade Law Has To Offer?
-Revisiting the Possibility of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) Between the United States and Brazil with the support of The Embassy of Brazil, Brazil – US Business Council, CESA, IBRAC and Arnold & Porter LLP
Sponsored by
-Clifford Chance LLP
-Crowell & Moring LLP
-Felsberg & Associados
-Machado, Meyer, Sendacz & Opice Advogados*
-Sidley Austin LLP
-Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.*
-Thompson Hine LLP
-Veirano Advogados
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
8h30 - Continental Breakfast and Registration
9h - 9h15 - Welcoming Remarks
-Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, WWICS; H.E.
-Antonio Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
9h15 - 10h15 - PANEL I: Unlocking the Doha Round: Perspectives for 2008
Moderator: {To be determined}
Speakers:
-Minister Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, Undersecretary for Economic and Technological Affairs, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations;
-Tim Reif*, Staff Director, Trade Subcommittee (Majority), House Ways and Means Committee;
-Victor do Prado, Deputy Head of Pascal Lamy’s Cabinet, World Trade Organization;
- Jeffrey J. Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics;
-Jose Raul Perales, Senior associate, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
10h15 - 11h15 PANEL II: Global Warming and Environmental Preservation: What Options International Trade Law Has To Offer?
Moderator:
-Thomas B. Felsberg, Partner, Felsberg & Associados
Speakers:
-Andrew W. Shoyer, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP;
-Gawain Kripke, Senior Policy Adviser, Oxfam America;
-Matthew R. Nicely, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP
11h15 - 11h30 - Coffee Break
11h30 - 12h30 PANEL III: Revisiting the Possibility of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) Between the United States and Brazil
Moderator:
- Jean E. Kalicki, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Speakers:
-Christine Bliss, Assistant USTR for Services and Investment;
-Minister Ronaldo Costa Filho, Head of the Division of Services, Investment and Financial Issues, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations;
-Ignacio Suárez Anzorena, Counsel, Clifford Chance LLP ;
-Arif Hyder Ali, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
12h30 - 12h45 - Closing Remarks
-Aluísio de Lima-Campos, Chairman, ABCI Institute
-Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, WWICS
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