Session 3 of 5 (Click here for the full series)

13 May 2020, Wednesday, 4.00pm, Singapore Time

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT LAW IN THE POST-COVID-19 WORLD?

To contain and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 many countries have taken emergency measures, including diverting medical supplies and equipment from manufacturers and imposing export bans on medical supplies and medicines. Has the Covid-19 pandemic created trade protectionism for public health purposes? What implications does this have for the existing international trade legal order? Recognized experts in the panel will examine questions concerning such export bans in relation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other Free Trade Agreement trade rules and other pressing issues that will have impacts on the international trade legal order.

OPENING
Lionel Yee, SC, Deputy Attorney-General, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore

MODERATOR
Mary Elizabeth Chelliah, Principal Trade Specialist, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Singapore

SPEAKERS
1. Derek Loh, Deputy Director-General (Economic & Social), Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore
2. Gabrielle Marceau, UNIGE and Sr. Counsellor, WTO Research Division
3. Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, Executive Director, APEC

Please click on the names of the panellists to view their profiles.

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