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Recent Projects Abroad (2008-2011)

Foreign Trade University (Hanoi), The TBT and SPS Agreements as a Sword and Shield, 18 November 2011 (lecture).

EU-Vietnam MUTRAP III (Hanoi), Trade and the Environment, 14-17 November 2011 (lectures).

International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO), University of Barcelona., 7-11 November 2011, The TBT and SPS Agreement (week-long course).

La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (WTI), weeklong course on the SPS and TBT Agreement to Government officials and Masters Degree students 10-15 October 2011 (classes/lectures).

INCAE (Costa Rica), Agricultural Policy and Standards, 14-15 April 2011 (two days of lectures to government officials).

International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO), University of Barcelona., 25-26 November 2010, The TBT Agreement (two-day course).

The Academy of Business in Society, 9th Annual Conference on Corporate Responsibility and Emerging Markets, “The Role of Emerging Markets in Building a Sustainable Global Economy: In Pursuit of a Sustainable Global Market Economy” St. Petersburg, Russia, 20 September 2010 (Keynote speech).

Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), “Certificates of Free Sale: Who are we Protecting from Whom?”, Barcelona, 19 July 2010 (Panel Presentation).

Asian Development Bank, Trade Remedies, Dispute Settlement and SPS and TBT Issues – Multilateralism versus Bilateralism from the Asian perspective, 24 June 2010 (three lectures).

COMESA Secretariat / ACP MTS PMU Secretariat, Designed and managed a course on improving analytical skills in trade-related negotiations, Nairobi, Kenya, June 2010 (one week of teaching as Project Manager).

University of Sussex, Department of Economics / Tyndall Centre, Trade and Climate Change – Current Discussions, 27 May 2010 (Conference Presentation).

World Trade Organization, “Workshop on Trade and Environment for Indonesian Governmental Officials,” lectures on environmental labeling, dispute settlement related to environmental disputes, and sectoral issues: palm oil, pulp and paper and food and beverages, Surabaya, Indonesia, 6-7 November 2009 (two days of lectures).

World Trade Organization, “Regional Workshop on Trade and Environment for Middle East and Arab Countries,” lectures on environmental labeling, dispute settlement related to environmental disputes, multilateral environmental agreements, trade and climate change, and environmental goods, Amman Jordan, 20-22 October 2009 (three days of lectures).

World Trade Organization, A series of lectures on the Doha Development Agenda (Trade Facilitation, GATS, Dispute Settlement, Basic Principles), Lusaka, Zambia, 15-17 June 2009.

Asian Development Bank, (Hanoi), Lectures on treatment of Trade Remedies, TBT and SPS Measures, Intellectual Property and Dispute Settlement in Free Trade Agreements, 19-21 May 2009 (two days of lectures to Vietnamese Government officials).

International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO), University of Barcelona, 26 January 2009, Life as a Lawyer (lecture).

Manufactures, Maquiladora Industry Association (Juarez, Mexico), “The Business Viewpoint: Legal Issues of Economic Integration” 29-30 October 2008 (Speech and Conference Appearance).

Asian Development Bank (Vientiane, Laos), Lectures on negotiating free trade agreements, including intellectual property rights, dispute settlement, technical barriers to trade, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures) 21-22 October 2008 (two days of lectures).

International Law Institute, (Kampala, Uganda) EU Economic Partnership Agreements, 15-19 September 2008 (five days of lectures).

Graduate Programme, Eduardo Mondlane University School of Law (Maputo Mozambique), Lectures on trade in Agriculture, (WTO Agreement on Agriculture, SPS Agreement, TBT Agreement, SCM Agreement) 8-12 September 2008 (five days of lectures).