[Webinar] The CPTPP Expansion in New Asian Regionalism

The impasse of the World Trade Organization Doha Round has galvanized Asia-Pacific trade and investment agreements to proliferate at an unprecedented rate. Regional countries also perceive new-generation agreements as the key strategy to expedite economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Concluded in 2018, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a mega-regional trade agreement comprising 11 parties. Since 2021, the United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, Ecuador, and South Korea have either applied, or expressed their intention, to join the CPTPP. The purpose of this event is to provide insight into the CPTPP accession process and economic and legal challenges confronting aspiring economies. Moreover, invited experts will discuss the potential implications of the expanded CPTPP for new Asian regionalism and global trade governance.

Singapore serves as the Chair of the CPTPP Commission in 2022. This event is organized by the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia of the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law and is funded by the Korea Foundation and the EU Jean Monnet Chair programme.

MODERATOR

Professor Pasha L. Hsieh
Professor & Jean Monnet Chair in EU-ASEAN Law and Relations
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law

Pasha L. Hsieh is Professor, Jean Monnet Chair, and Associate Dean (Faculty Matters & Research) at the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law. Prior to academia, he served as a Legal Affairs Officer at the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat and as an associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP.

Hsieh’s teaching and research focus on international economic law, public international law and Asian legal studies. His co-edited book, ASEAN Law in the New Regional Economic Order: Global Trends and Shifting Paradigms, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. His monograph, New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

SPEAKERS

Ms Andrea Bulnes Acevedo
Trade Official, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru

Andrea Bulnes Acevedo is a Trade Official from Peru. She works in the Directorate of Asia, Oceania and Africa, where she is part of the team in charge of the implementation of the CPTPP in Peru and the accession negotiations. She is also the Deputy Trade Negotiator on Trade in Services and E-commerce. In addition, she is a graduate student in International and Development Studies at the Graduate Institute of Geneva (IHEID). Andrea’s research areas are sustainable trade, digital economy and economic integration in the Asia-Pacific.

Dr Tracey Epps
International Trade Consultant and Research Affiliate,
Faculty of Law, University of Otago

Tracey Epps is an International Trade Consultant based in Wellington, New Zealand. Previously she ran the International Trade Practice at Chapman Tripp in Wellington, and before that she was a Senior Legal Advisor with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She is a Research Affiliate at Faculty of Law, University of Otago, where she teaches International Trade Law, and International Investment Law. She serves on the Executive Council of the Society of International Economic Law.

Professor Yuka Fukunaga
Waseda University, Japan

Yuka Fukunaga teaches public international law and international economic law at Waseda University. She is Co-Secretary of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), Executive Council Member of the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL), and Book Review Editor of the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL). She is also a Member of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Panel of Arbitrators.

Professor Jaemin Lee
Seoul National University, Korea

Jaemin Lee is currently Professor of Law at School of Law, Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea. His major areas of teaching and research are public international law, international economic law and international dispute settlement. Previously, he worked for the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a foreign service officer. He also practiced law with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (Washington, D.C. office) as an associate attorney of the firm’s international trade group. Since 2012, he has been participating in UNCITRAL Working Groups II and III as delegate of the Republic of Korea. He served as president of the Korean Society of International Economic Law (2019-2021) and vice president of the Korean Society of International Law (2021).

Dr Liu Han-Wei
Monash University, Australia

Liu Han-Wei is Senior Lecturer at Monash University, where he focuses on international economic law, law and technology, and financial regulations. He is currently the Vice Chair of the American Society of International Law's International Law & Technology Interest Group.

FEES*

a. Registration Fee
Registration fee of S$80.25 

b. Group Registration
Registration fee of S$74.90
Applies if there are at least 10 participants from the same organisation.

c. SMU Alumni (LLB / JD / LLM graduates)
Registration fee of S$74.90
Applies for SMU LLB/ JD/ LLM Alumni.

*All fees are inclusive of GST

International organization and government officials, academics, researchers and students get complimentary entry. Please click here.

Please note that there will be no refund of any fees should the participant cancel the registration/fail to attend the event. However, registration is transferable. Notice of any change in participant should be sent to the CCLA via email: ccla@smu.edu.sg  by 12 July 2022.

CCLA reserves the right to cancel or postpone any event. In such case, we will arrange for the refund of fees paid.