Doha a New Trade Round: Expert Commentators on Tap

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Kym Anderson: Professor of Economics at Adelaide University and a CEPR Research Fellow.

Joseph was a Counsellor and Research Economist at the WTO from 1993-1997 and was the Director of Economics (acting) and Chief of Research at the US International Trade Commission, 1991-1993. His current research topics include: trade and competition policy with H.Hornik (WTO), trade in services, and the next multilateral trade round.

Bernard Hoekman: Research Manager for International Trade and Principal Trade Economist at the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank since 1993 and a CEPR Research Fellow.

Bernard’s primary responsibilities at the World Bank, www.worldbank.org/trade include undertaking and supervising research on trade-related topics, the operation of the WTO and the role of trade and investment as a channel for economic growth; managing a program of training courses on trade policy and WTO disciplines; provision of advice on trade policy reform to governments of developing and emerging market economies. The second edition of his book on the WTO has recently been published by Oxford Press Ltd.

Petros Mavroidis: Professor of European Community, International Economic and Public International Law at the University of Neuchâtel and a CEPR research Fellow.

Petros Mavroidis specializes in the areas of WTO Law and WTO Dispute Settlement. Since 1996 he has acted as Legal Advisor to the WTO in the Technical Cooperation Division in order to assist developing countries in WTO dispute settlement proceedings. Professor Mavroidis has published widely in WTO in a large number of academic journals.

Dani Rodrik: Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and a CEPR Research Fellow.

His research covers international economics, economic development, and political economy.  He is the research coordinator for the Group of 24 (G-24), the Centre for International Development (Harvard) and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was previously a senior advisor on the Overseas Development Council. Professor Rodrik has published widely on issues related to trade policy and economic reform in developing economies.

Andrè Sapir: Professor of Economics, ECARES, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR Research Fellow.

Andrè is Chief Editor of the Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, International Scientific Advisory Board member of the Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies and has previously held consultancy appointments at: World Bank, OECD, UNCTC, UNTAD, USAID. He has published extensively on the subjects of EU Competition and Trade Policy.

L Alan Winters: Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex and a CEPR Research Fellow.

Alan’s latest areas of research are international trade between industrialized and developing nations and are examined in his new publication "Trade Liberalization and Poverty: A Handbook". He has previously worked as Chief of the International Trade Division at the World Bank and more recently as the Research Manager at the World Bank’s Development Research Group. Alan is also on the Editorial Board of several academic journals including the World Bank Economic Review

Ian Wooton: Bonar-Macfie Professor of Economics at University of Glasgow and a CEPR Research Fellow.

Ian is a distinguished research fellow at siøs (Centre for International Economics and Shipping), Bergen research fellow, and a director at European Trade Study Group. His research interests include: discriminatory trading agreements and customs union theory, international trade and the environment, international and intersectoral factor mobility, economic geography and international trade, foreign direct investment, and international trade.

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