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1 WTO Chairs Programme The 7th (2014) National Summer School for the WTO-Oriented Postgraduates Trade and Environment: WTO Multilateral Negotiations Research Host: Co-host: Organizer: Academic Support: Office of Shanghai Academic Degrees Committee World Trade Organization (WTO) Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Ministry of Commerce Academy Supporting Center / Shanghai University of International Business and Economics WTO Trade Policy Review Center Shanghai Center for Global Trade and Economic Governance China WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism Center Trainees: 80 postgraduates nationwide Date & Time: 06 to 17 July 2014 Place: Gubei Campus, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Page 1 of 6

2 Sub-topic 1 Mutual Impact of Trade Liberalization and Environment 06 July (Sunday) Opening Ceremony Chairperson: Prof. ZHANG Hong, Director of Postgraduate Department, SUIBE 9:00-9:30 Keynote Address 9:30-11:45 Trade and the environment: Linkages and policy challenges -Jose-Antonio Monteiro (WTO Secretariat) 13:30-16:30 WTO Framework in the Context of the Environment -Jose-Antonio Monteiro (WTO Secretariat) 07 July (Monday) 08:30-10:30 The Relationship between WTO Rules and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) Jose-Antonio Monteiro (WTO Secretariat) 10:30-11:30 The Relationship between WTO Rules and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) Jose-Antonio Monteiro (WTO Secretariat) 14:00-16:30 Trade Liberalization of Environmental Goods and Services -Jose-Antonio Monteiro (WTO Secretariat) Page 2 of 6

3 08 July (Tuesday) 08:30-10:30 Relevant WTO Activities on Trade and Environment 10:30-11:30 Environmental Requirements (Overview) 14:00-16:30 Environmental Requirements and Market Access Issue 09 July (Wednesday) 08:30-11:30 Environmental Requirements and Market Access Issue 14:00-16:30 Issues of Eco-Labelling 10 July (Thursday) 08:30-11:30 Trade and Climate Change 14:00-16:30 Fisheries Subsidies Page 3 of 6

4 11 July (Friday) 08:30-11:30 Academic Salon and Data Collection: Trade and Environment: From a Perspective of WTO Multilateral Negotiations 14:00-16:30 Academic Salon and Data Collection: Trade and Environment: From a Perspective of WTO Multilateral Negotiations 12 July (Saturday) 08:30-11:30 14:00-16:30 Theoretical forefront of international trade and the environment - MA Tao, Researcher, Institute of World Economics of Politics Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Emissions embodied in Chinese exports taking into account the special export structure of China - MA Tao, Researcher, Institute of World Economics of Politics Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 13 July (Sunday) 08:30-11:30 Three Carbon Problem (Carbon Tariffs, Carbon Standards, Carbon Labeling) - XU Qingjun, Director of Policy Research Department, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China 14:00-16:30 Three Carbon Problem (Carbon Tariffs, Carbon Standards, Carbon Labeling) - XU Qingjun, Director of Policy Research Department, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China Page 4 of 6

5 Sub-topic 2 WTO Dispute Case Involving Environmental Issues (2014 Annual Conference of China-WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism Center) 14 July (Monday) 08:30-11:30 United States Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products (Complainants: India; Malaysia; Pakistan; Thailand) (1998) - Prof. BIAN Yongmin, Law School of University of International Business and Economics 14:00-16:30 Study of Environmental Cases in the GATT Years - Prof. BIAN Yongmin, Law School of University of International Business and Economics 15 July (Tuesday) 08:30-11:30 WTO Dispute Settlement Cases Involving Environmental Issues - ZHAO Hon, Professor and Business Counselor, Anti-Monopoly Bureau, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China 14:00-16:30 The Latest Progress of WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism - ZHAO Hon, Professor and Business Counselor, Anti-Monopoly Bureau, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China Page 5 of 6

6 Subtopic 3 China s Countermeasures on Environmental and Trade Issues 16 July (Wednesday) 08:30-11:30 China s Environmental Issues in the Multilateral Trade Negotiations - LI Yihon, Deputy Commissioner of Department of WTO Affairs, Ministry of Commerce of the People's republic of China 14:00-16:00 Academic Salon: Trade and Environment: From A Perspective of WTO Multilateral Negotiations 16:00-16:30 Closing Ceremony Page 6 of 6

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