Global Trade Ethics and the Politics of WTO Reform

Global Trade Ethics and the Politics of WTO Reform, Feburary 19, 2009

Draft Schedule

Organized by Sophie Meunier, Princeton University and Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Oxford University

The conference will take place at Princeton University at the Palmer House, 1 Bayard Lane, Princeton, New Jersey

Background Paper: Democracy without Sovereignty: The Global Vocation of Political Ethics

Conference Agenda


8:00-9:00am		Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15am		Introduction

9:15-9:45am		*Is the WTO Still Relevant?* Sophie Meunier (Princeton University)

9:45-10:15am		*Democracy without Sovereignty: The Global Vocation of Political Ethics* Robert L. Howse (New York University)

10:15-10:45am		Refreshment Break

10:45-11:15am		*Global Trade Ethics, WTO Reform, and Domestic Politics* Kalypso Nicolaïdis (Oxford University)

11:15-11:45am		*How to Reform the WTO Without Reforming the WTO* Lothar Ehring (EU Commission) Discussant: Marina Henke (Princeton University)

11:45-12:00pm		Discussion of Propositions for WTO Reform

12:00-1:30pm		Lunch

1:30-2:00pm		*Who Will Reform the WTO? Power, Purpose, and Legitimacy in Institutional Reform* Soo Yeon Kim (University of Maryland) Discussant: Mareike Kleine (Princeton University)

2:00-2:30pm		*Nested Institutions and the Dynamic Time Path Issue: What Do We Know About the Impact of Multilateralism Trading System on Regionalism?* Max Büge (Science Po Paris) Discussant: Harold James (Princeton University)

2:30-3:00pm		*If Weak Is Good, Will Strong Be Better? Reforming the WTO Enforcement Mechanism* Tobias Hofmann (College of William and Mary) Discussant: Benjamin Shepherd (Princeton University)

3:00-3:30pm		Refreshment Break

3:30-4:00pm		*Protection for Whom? The Uses and Abuses of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in the WTO* Daniel Kono (University of California-Davis) Discussant: Christina Davis (Princeton University)

4:00-4:30pm		*The Trade-Migration Linkage: GATS Mode IV* Alexander Betts (Oxford University) and Kalypso Nicolaïdis (Oxford University) Discussant: T. Camber Warren (Princeton University)

4:30-5:00pm		Closing Remarks