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(uniquement en anglais)
Conference background & goals
One of the greatest challenges of the 21st century is how to meet global energy demand in a way that respects both economic development and environmental concerns. This conference will examine how this challenge can be met consistent with international trade and investment rules (on, for example, tariffs, services trade, taxation, transit, transportation, transfer of technology, subsidies and pricing).
The goal of this conference is to gather energy industry experts, trade policy specialists and environmental policy authorities to review current rules of international cooperation, both within and outside the WTO framework, as they are gaining new relevance within the triangle of trade, energy and the environment. The conference seeks to identify practical issues faced by policy makers and businesses within this system of interaction and to determine where further clarification, research, changes or novel approaches are required to address current and future challenges.
A core objective of this exploratory conference is to initiate a dialogue between trade, energy and environmental experts whereby energy and environmental experts obtain better insight into the relevance and operation of international rules, WTO or otherwise, and trade experts gain a clearer understanding of the main concerns and outstanding debates in the energy and environment fields.
The key outcome of the conference will be the identification of core questions for further research and to construct a clearer framework to pursue future debates and cooperation at the intersection of trade, energy and the environment.
Programme
Jeudi 22 octobre 2009
9.15-10.00 |
Welcome and Opening Statements
Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
H.E. Luizius Wasescha, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the WTO
John Gault, President of John Gault SA; formerly Managing Director, IEDConsultants SA and Chief Economist, International Energy Development Corporation (IEDC) (now part of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation)
 Audio: Listen to the opening remarks — Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO — H.E. Luizius Wasescha, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the WTO and John Gault, President of John Gault SA > help
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10.00-11.30 |
Panel 1: Setting the Stage: The Landscape of Existing International Cooperation
Chair: Joost Pauwelyn, Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, and Director, Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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The WTO in the emerging energy governance debate
Gabrielle Marceau, Cabinet of the Director General, WTO
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Beyond the WTO: Regional and bilateral rules affecting energy and energy investments
Lawrence L. Herman, Partner, Cassels Brock, Toronto
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New rules for the environmental imperative: considerations for the energy sector and interaction with WTO rules
Ana Maria Kleymeyer, Senior Advisor, Climate Change Negotiations, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, formerly Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development, Argentina
Audio:
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11.30-13.00 |
Panel 2: Import, Export and Production Restrictions on Energy Goods & Services
Chair: Daniel Crosby, Partner, Budin & Partners, Geneva
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Production restrictions, OPEC and the WTO
Ibibia Lucky Worika, General Legal Counsel, OPEC
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Business effects of existing policies and trade barriers
Timothy J. Richards, Director, International Energy Policy, General Electric Company
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The Challenges of Trading Alternative Energy
Géraldine Kutas, Senior Advisor on International Affairs, UNICA, Sugar Cane Industry Association, Brazil
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Restrictions and Challenges in Trading Conventional Energy
Daniel Jaeggi, Group Vice President and Head of Trading, Mercuria Energy Trading, Geneva
Audio:
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14.30-15.10 |
Afternoon Address
H.E. Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates
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| 15.15-16.45 |
Panel 3: Transport and Transit
Chair: Matthias Finger, Professor and Chair, Management of Network Industries, College of Management of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
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Transport and Transit under the Energy Charter Treaty
Vladimir Rakhmanin, Deputy Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels
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Energy Transport and Transit in the WTO
Mireille Cossy, Counsellor, Trade in Services Division, WTO
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Natural Gas — The Problem Child of Energy Transport and Transit
James T. Jensen, Jensen Associates and advisor to the Energy Charter Secretariat
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An Industry Perspective on Transport & Transit
Monica Senanu, Head, Legal Services, Gridco, Ghana
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| 16.45-18.15 |
Panel 4: Environmental Issues in the Trade and Energy Context
Chair: Claude Martin, Vice chairman International Institute for Sustainable Development — IISD, former Director General WWF-International
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Tackling Climate Change and Competitiveness: The Relevance of WTO
Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
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Are Current Trade Rules Sufficient for Regulating Trade in Emissions Permits?
Liz Bossley, CEO, Consilience Energy Advisory Group
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Implications of Climate Change Policies for Trade and Investment in Energy-Intensive Industries
Vincent Mages, Climate Change Initiatives VP, Lafarge
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Challenges at the Intersection of Trade, Energy and the Environment for the African Continent
Pat Naidoo, Senior General Manager of Transmission, ESKOM, South Africa
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A Chinese perspective on trade and climate change
Heng Wang, Associate Professor, School of International Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China
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| 18.30-19.30 |
Keynote Address and Questions
Pascal Lamy, Director General, WTO
> Discours
Audio: Listen to the Keynote Address and Questions — Pascal Lamy, Director General, WTO > help
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Vendredi 23 octobre 2009
9.30-11.00 |
Panel 5: Subsidies and Pricing
Chair: Gary Horlick, Attorney at Law
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Subsidies in the Traditional Energy Sector
Ronald Steenblik, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, OECD Trade & Agriculture Directorate
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Is energy price stability desirable? Achievable?
Christof Ruehl, Chief Economist, BP
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Dual Pricing
Reinhard Quick, Geschäftsführer, Verband der Chemischen Industrie
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Incentives to Stimulate Renewable Energy
Steve Orava, Partner, King & Spalding LLC
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11.00-13.00 |
Closing Session: Thinking Ahead & Framing an Agenda for Future Action and Research
Chair: Andre Schneider, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum
Panel members:
George Abi Saab, Former WTO Appellate Body member and Professor Emeritus, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Richard Baldwin, Professor, Graduate Institute, Geneva, and Director, Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
John Gault, John Gault SA
Patrick Low, Director, WTO
Joost Pauwelyn, Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, and Director, Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, European Institute, Florence
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Conference Organising Committee
Richard Baldwin, Professor, Graduate Institute, Geneva, and Director, Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director, Centre for Trade and Economic Integration at the Graduate Institute, Geneva
Daniel Crosby Partner, Budin & Partners, Geneva
John Gault John Gault SA
Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
Joost Pauwelyn, Professor, Graduate Institute, Geneva, and Director, Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
Institutions
World Trade Organization — WTO
The Graduate Institute, Geneva
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is an institution of higher education and research dedicated to the cross-cutting disciplines of international relations and development studies. The Institute, keen to draw on the synergies offered by its two fields of specialisation, offers independent and rigorous analyses of current and emerging global issues with a view to promoting international cooperation and making a contribution to the development of less fortunate societies. This small and selective institution that owes its reputation to: the quality of its cosmopolitan faculty, the strength of its core disciplines (Economics, History, Law, Political Science and Development Studies), its policy-relevant approach to international affairs, and its bilingual English-French education programmes.
Centre for Trade and Economic Integration — CTEI
The Centre for Trade and Economic Integration (CTEI) is the Graduate Institute's Centre of Excellence for research on international trade. Established in February 2008, the interdisciplinary Centre brings together the research activities of eminent professors of economics, law and political science in the area of trade, economic integration and globalisation. The Centre serves as a vehicle for disseminating research results within the “real world” and enables discussion and dialogue between the global research community, including the Institute student body and research centres in the developing world. A core goal for the future is to foster genuine, interdisciplinary research and to work across disciplines on solutions-orientated studies that address the big societal questions of our day. |
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