Wednesday, January 21, Subotnick Center, 250 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn Law School
TRADE DISPUTES INVOLVING THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA
2 FREE CLE credits
Two judges from the US Court of International Trade * partners from two leading law firms handling China trade disputes * professors from four law schools * former chairman of Federal Trade Commission * former congressman focused on US-China trade * former general counsel of MasterCard
Registration: 5:30 pm
Program: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Reception: 8:00 pm onward
WELCOME
Professor Nicholas W. Allard
Joseph Crea Dean and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
INTRODUCTION
Professor Robin Effron
Co-Director, Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law, Brooklyn Law School
FIRST PANEL: PURE TRADE DISPUTES
MODERATOR
Geoffrey Sant, Esq.
Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School
Special Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
PANELISTS
The Honorable Donald Pogue
Senior Judge, US Court of International Trade
Professor Bill Kovacic
Global Competition Professor, George Washington Law School
Former Chairman of Federal Trade Commission
Bill Perry, Esq.
Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Formerly in Office of General Counsel, US International Trade Commission; Office of Chief Counsel and Office of Antidumping Investigation, U.S. Department of Commerce
Don Bonker
Executive Director, APCO Worldwide, Inc.
Former US Congressman (D-WA); former Chairman of Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade
SECOND PANEL: DISPUTES BETWEEN TRADE PARTNERS
MODERATOR
T. Augustine Lo, Esq.
Dosey & Whitney LLP
PANELISTS
Chris Cloutier, Esq.
Partner, King & Spalding LLP
Former Acting Deputy Director of Trade Remedy Compliance, US Department of Commerce (at US Embassy in Beijing, China)
Professor Thomas Lee
Leitner Family Professor of International Law, Fordham Law School
Noah Hanfft, Esq.
President & CEO of International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Former General Counsel of MasterCard
Professor Zhao Yun
Director of the Center for Chinese Law, University of Hong Kong
CLOSING REMARKS
The Honorable Claire Kelly
Judge, US Court of International Trade
Trustee, Brooklyn Law School
RECEPTION
8:00 pm onward
THIS EVENT IS FREE, BUT RSVPS ARE REQUIRED
RSVP to events@cblalaw.org
About the Program
The United States and China are major trading partners. Trade issues between the two nations take center stage as leaders negotiate new trade treaties and struggle to resolve disputes under existing legal frameworks. Brooklyn Law School and the Chinese Business Lawyers Association present an evening of dialogue among leading practitioners and professors who will examine current issues in trade disputes between the U.S. and China.
Sponsored by the Dennis J. Block Center for International Business Law, Chinese Business Law Association (CBLA) and the Trade Secrets Institute(TSI).
WE EXPECT ALL SEATS TO BE RSVP’D. TO ATTEND, PLEASE RSVP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO events@cblalaw.org OR TO www.brooklaw.edu/tradedisputes
For directions, please visit: www.brooklaw.edu/directions