Topic: The Law and Politics in WTO Negotiations, and the Chinese Position in the Doha Round/WTO 谈判中的法律和政治，以及中国在多哈回合中所处的位置

Speaker: Dr. WANG JiangYu/王江雨博士
         Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore/新加坡国立大学法学院副教授

Date: 3:30 pm –5: 30 pm, May 12^th, 2010/2010年5月12日下午3：30－5：30

Venue: Multimedia Hall, the first floor of Mingli Building/明理楼一层报告厅

Abstract/讲座简介：
This seminar aims to explore the dynamics of WTO negotiations which involve law, economics and, most significantly, politics. International law is useful in global trade negotiations and trade disputes settlement but its role is tremendously constrained by the geo-politics and political economy at both international and domestic levels. With respect to the Chinese position, in contrast to early predictions during its accession, China has not sought to play a leadership role in the Doha Round negotiations, or to rewrite WTO rules in a systemic manner. However, China’s role in the negotiations came into prominence during the “mini-ministerial” held in Geneva in July 2008. Now included in the G-7, China came under fire from the United States and the European Union for failing to demonstrate greater leadership. This seminar seeks to explain the nature of that criticism, and argues that over-reliance on the question of “Chinese leadership” as an explanatory concept could aggravate broader misperceptions about China’s position in the Doha Round. We analyze some widely held misreading of China’s negotiating positions, and argues that an analysis of China’s position in the negotiations must be tempered by a more nuanced understanding of certain tensions and mixed positions within China’s overall approach. 

Brief Introduction of  the Speaker/演讲人简介: 
Dr. Wang Jiangyu (SJD & LLM, University of Pennsylvania; MJuris, Oxford; LLM, Peking University; LLM, China University of Political Science and Law) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore. He was on secondament as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of The Chinese University of Hong Kong from August 2006 to July 2009. His teaching and research interests include international economic law, corporate and securities law, law and development, Chinese legal system, and human rights in China. He served as a member of the Chinese delegation at the annual conference of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Conference in 1999. He is also a member of the Executive Board of the WTO Institute of the China Law Society, a Senior Fellow at the Law and Development Institute (LDI), and a fellow of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law (Hong Kong).  He has published extensively at internationally refereed journals. He recently received the 2007 Young Research Award of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in recognition of his accomplishment in research from 2006-2007.