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Conference on the Canada – EUComprehensive Economic and TradeAgreement

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October 31 and November 1, 2014Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (room 100)New Chancellor Day HallMcGill's Faculty of Law was pleased to host a two-dayconference on the Canada – European Union ComprehensiveEconomic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

The first day of the conference focused on Regional TradeAgreements and EU Trade Policy.

The second day was devoted to investment law and investorstate dispute settlement.

Presentations

Some of the participants have graciously shared theirpresentation files with us:

Bungenberg, Marc: "Regional Trade Agreements and EU Trade Policy: CETA and Public Procurement"(//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_bungenberg_marc.ppt)

Deimann, Sven: "The Significant of Chapter 21 CETA for rail technology-related procurement"(//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_deimann_sven.pdf)

Gaffney, John: "Investor-State Dispute Settlement in CETA - A European Perspective" (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_gaffney_john.pptx)

Gantz, David: "CETA's Legal and Political Implications for the TTIP" (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_gantz_david.pdf)

Hefeker, Carsten: "The Political Economy of CETA: A European Perspective" (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_hefeker_carsten.pdf)

Lavranos, Nikos: "The lack of an FET-standard in CETA" (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_lavranos_nikos.pdf)

Leblond, Patrick: "CETA and Financial Services" (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_leblond_patrick.pptx)

Mann, Howard: "Salient Legal Issues in the Substantive Standard of Protection in CETA" (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_mann_howard.pptx)

Prince, Hervé: "The Elimination of Regulatory Barriers to Trade and the CETA: The case of SPS and TBTmeasures" (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_prince_herve.pptx)

Viju, Crina "CETA and Regulatory Cooperation: SPS and TBT" (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/2014_ceta_viju_crina.ppt)

Day 1 - Canada EU Strategic Dialogue - Conference on Regional Trade Agreements and EUTrade Policy

Friday, October 31: This is the second of a series of three conferences, held in Lausanne, Montréal andBrussels, designed to review the many aspects of the CETA text under the aegis of the SSHRC sponsoredCanada – EU Strategic Dialogue. These meetings are designed to enhance understanding of European tradeobjectives in Canada and of Canadian trade objectives in Europe. (Organized by Marc Bungenberg, Armand deMestral, Kim van der Borght and Andreas Ziegler).

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Detailed conference program - Day 1 (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/mcgill_ceta_day_1-31_october_2014.docx) [.docx]

9:00 Welcome

9:05 – 10:30 Session 1: What Was Achieved, How They Got There, How This Fits into the Bigger Picture?

Insider Perspectives

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Session 2: Economic, Political and Legal Analysis of the CETA Text

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch (Atrium)

13:30 – 14:15 Session 3: Procurement

14:15 – 15:00 Session 4: Services, Including Financial Services; Movement of Professional Persons

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:15 Session 5: Regulatory Cooperation

16:15 – 17:00 Session 6: Taxation Questions

17:00 – 17:30 Wrap-up Session

17:30 – 19:00 Cocktail – Atrium (Sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright, Montreal)

Day 2 - McGill-Queen Mary University of London ConferenceInvestment and Investor-State Dispute Settlement in the CETA

Saturday, November 1: One of the most interesting sections of CETA is the investment chapter, which aims toclarify key substantive provisions commonly found in investment treaties, including the fair and equitabletreatment provision, in addition to including detailed procedural provisions delineating with more specificity thecharacteristics of arbitrators and their powers in resolving cases. Participants in a closing roundtable will discussthe implications of CETA, one of three investment agreements – the other two being the Trans-Pacific Partnershipand the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – that will shape world investment and trade in the

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twenty-first century. (Organized by Pierre Bienvenu, and Andrea K. Bjorklund).

Detailed conference program - Day 2 (//www.mcgill.ca/fortier-chair/files/fortier-chair/mcgill_ceta_day_2-1_november_2014.docx) [.docx]

8:30 – 9:00 Coffee

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome / Opening the Proceedings of the Day

9:15 - 10:45 Session 1: Policy Considerations on Investment Protection, including Substantive Standards of

Protection and ISDS: The Negotiators’ Perspectives

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 -12:45 Session 2: Salient Legal Issues in the Substantive Standards of Protection in CETA

12:45 - 14:00 Luncheon with Keynote Speaker

14:00 - 15:30 Session 3: Salient Legal Issues in Investor-State Dispute Settlement in CETA

15:30 - 16:00 Tea

16:00 - 17:00 Session 4: Roundtable: Prognosis for CETA and Concluding Remarks

The 2014 CETA conference was organized in cooperation with

EU Centres of Excellence Université de Montréal – McGill – Brussels

McGill University's Faculty of Law

L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law

Private Justice and Rule of Law Research Group

Queen Mary University of London

Université de Lausanne

Universitat Siegen

Norton Rose Fulbright, Montreal

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