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Curriculum Vitae (EU format) 1. Surname: LUFF 2. Name: David 3. Education:

Institutions: Free University of Brussels (ULB)

Date: June 2003

Degree: PhD Doctor in Law

Institutions: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York, USA

From (month/year) To (month/year)

August 1994 June 1995

Degree: Master in Public Administration



September 1991 June 1993 Two-year graduate degree pursued while working full-time as an attorney.

Degree: Licence spéciale (equivalent to DEA) in Public International Law



September 1986 June 1991

Degree: Licence en droit (Law Degree)

4. Language skills (Competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic):

Language Reading Speaking Writing

English 1 1 1

French 1 1 1

Italian 1 1 2

Spanish 1 3 4

Dutch 2 3 4

5. Membership of Professional Bodies:

Brussels Bar (Ordre français des avocats du Barreau de Bruxelles), European Trade Law Association (ETLA), Former Chair of Brussel’s University Academic Commission of the Faculty of Law on the Relationship with Secondary Schools; Europe Tribune (EU-China Issues): Member of the Editorial Board.

6. Other skills (e.g. computer literacy, etc.): Statistics, economics, Ms-Word, Excell, Windows package, CELEX, Power Point. 7. Present Position: Partner, Appleton Luff – International Lawyers Visiting Professor, Collège of Europe Associate Professor of International Trade Law, Liège University Member, Centre of Economic Law, Free University of Brussels (ULB) Visiting Professor, MGIMO University, Moscow

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Visiting Professor, University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Listed in the “Guide to the World's Leading International Trade Lawyers” since 2009. Listed in the Who’s Who of Trade and Customs Lawyers 2011. Listed in Legal 500, “Leading Lawyer 100 – International Trade Law”

8. Years of professional experience: Twenty. 9. Key relevant qualifications and experience:

David Luff has been practicing international law at both EC and international levels for twenty years. He was trained in top international law firms. He was in charge of major trade remedy cases and has also worked on projects where he dealt with technical barriers to trade, customs rules, WTO dispute settlement, international arbitration, regional integration and market access actions. He has advised private multinational companies and governments in the sectors of financial services, postal and telecommunications services, textiles and clothing, steel, chemicals, sugar, bananas, dairy products, fruits and vegetables. He advised the governments of Vietnam, Ukraine, China, South Korea, Thailand, Canada, South Africa and CARICOM States on WTO implementation and trade negotiations issues and held missions in more than thirty five developing countries. He has been advising African countries on cross-sectoral strategies to take advantage of international trade rules and is helping them to negotiate Economic Partnership Agreements. He has also been advising the Overseas countries and territories of the EU on regional integration and optimal integration into the international trade system. He is appointed to advise the government of Syria to identify inter-ministerial mechanisms required to adjust to the multilateral trade rules. He has worked with the Inter-American development bank on the means and administrative reforms used to foster implementation of trade agreements. He has worked with the International Trade Centre on devising mechanisms to foster public-private dialogue in several developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Balkans. He has been advising the governments of Ukraine in its WTO accession negotiations and has been delivering technical assistance activities in the country, particularly in the agricultural and services sectors. He also advised the governments of Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Thailand, Rwanda, Canada and South Africa on International economic law and trade negotiations issues and on the means to adjust to the challenges posed by multilateral trade negotiations.

Until 27 March 2008, David Luff was the Director of the Programme Management Unit for the TradeCom Facility, an all-ACP trade-related assistance programme, financed by the European Development Fund. He was in charge of the planning, conduct and evaluation of more than fourty trade-related projects (EPA and WTO) and more than one hundred requests for technical assistance throughout the ACP region. There is a measurable track record of TA activities that he and his team have been managing throughout entire project cycles, according to strict and carefully planned quality criteria.

David Luff is a professor of International Trade Law at the University of Liege in Belgium, at the College of Europe, and at the MGIMO University in Moscow. He obtained a PhD at the University of Brussels. His thesis examined the regulatory powers of States under WTO law to pursue domestic policy objectives. David Luff published several articles in international reviews on subjects related to economic law, particularly in the area of services and held visiting appointments in India, China, Vietnam, Switzerland and Italy. He trained trade officials of the EC, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West African countries and China on WTO law and trade policy, including on SPS and TBT rules. He organised international workshops and conferences and oversaw training programmes. He is the author of a 1328 pages book in French, which provides an exhaustive and critical analysis of the WTO law and its jurisprudence.

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David Luff has extensive experience of developing countries, in particular the ACP and South East Asia. He has been planning and delivering technical assistance activities in the five continents of the world.

10. Professional Experience (selection):

Date from – Date to

Location Company Description

October 2012 - ongoing

Vietnam EU-Vietnam trade assistance project MUTRAP IV

Definition and design of activities for the next five years in the areas covered by the future EU-Vietnam FTA.

September 2012 - ongoing

Brussels, Paris, West Africa and Central Africa

Organisation Internationale de la francophonie

Assistance to OIF for the preparations for the implementation of the OIF / Commonwealth Programme for the “Capacity Building of ACP States for the Formulation, Negotiation and Implementation of Trade Policies” (Hubs Spokes).

September 2012 - ongoing

Cote d’Ivoire

International Trade Centre

- Institutional Review of National EPA Committee.

- Coaching for the creation of a specialised University EPA course.

May 2012 – December 2012

CARIFORUM countries

College of Europe Team Leader. Institutional Review of CARIFORUM.

February 2012 - ongoing

Ukraine EU Delegation in Kiev

Follow up and analysis of the evolution of the technical regulation in Ukraine and external assessment of the conditions and benchmarks for the EU-funded sector policy support programme on technical barriers to trade.

January 2012 - ongoing

Curacao Ministry of General Affairs of Curacao

Team Leader: Developing Strategies for Sustainable Long Term Economic Development in Curacao.

December 2011 – March 2012

All developing countries

DFID Feasibility Study for Establishing an Advisory Centre on Regional Trade Agreements (ACORTA).

November 2011 – March 2012

West Africa TradeCom Facility Team Leader - Implementation of the ECOWAS Common Trade Policy – study on informal trade (causes, implications and scenarios for solutions).

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November 2011 – January 2012

Vietnam EU-Vietnam trade assistance project MUTRAP III

Team Leader. Supporting the Ministry of Industry and Trade for future negotiations of the FTA with the EU: research and practical presentation on the EU policy-making process and institutional arrangements pertaining to the negotiation, the conclusion and implementation of a FTA.

October 2011 – December 2011


Team Leader. Advice on the services and investment components of a possible Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement.

July 2011 – April 2012

Caricom ACP MTS Programme

Team Leader. Advice to the CARICOM Secretariat and Office of Trade Negotiations on the WTO DSU Reform, Trade and Environment issues and key issues of interest to the Caribbean in the DDA.

March 2011 – August 2011


Team Leader. Advice on Vietnam’s possible accession to the relevant international conventions relating to the carriage of goods by sea.

November 2010 and September 2011

Cotonou, Bénin

International Trade Centre and WTO

Lecturer in the context of the Trade Policy Course for West and central Africa, organised by the WTO

November 2010

Bujumbura, Burundi

TradeCom Facility Team Leader, training programme on the WTO Agreement, the East African Community Common Market and the ongoing EPA negotiations for the Ministry of EAC Affairs.


Cariforum TradeCom Facility and Office of Trade Negotiations

Team Leader. Preparation of prospects for the negotiations of Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) of professional qualifications for Architects between EU and CARIFORUM

October 2010 – July 2011


Team Leader. Advice on the optimal government structure to assess the impact of international economic integration on the economy, policy-making and legislative coordination.

October 2009 – September 2010

Brussels, Washington

Inter American Development Bank

Study on the implementation techniques used for bilateral trade agreements. Consultations to devise optimal mechanisms to foster implementation of FTAs.

September 2009 – September 2010

Malawi and Brussels

TradeCom Facility Team Leader. Legal advice. Review of trade-related legislation in key services sectors of Malawi.

May 2010 – July 2010

Brussels and Damascus

EU-Syria Trade Enhancement Programme

Identification of inter-ministerial mechanisms required to adjust to the multilateral trade rules.

February 2010- June 2010


West African Economic and Monetary Union

Preparation of negotiations and administrative structure required within regional integration organisations in West and Central Africa to implement the “Programme for the “Capacity Building of ACP States for the Formulation, Negotiation and Implementation of Trade Policies” (Hubs Spokes). Drafting of Project’s documents.

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September 2009 – May 2010

Geneva, Brussels, West Africa and Central Africa

International Trade Centre (UNCTAD / WTO)

Team Leader. Exploration and planning activity: fostering public-private dialogue and institutional building for a regional private sector organisation in Western and Central Africa.

August 2009 – December 2009

Brussels European Commission, DG Trade

Member of a Team conducting a study on the External Dimension of the EU Postal Acquis.

May 2009 – November 2009


Team Leader. Advice in relation to services trade negotiations in the DDA. Team Leader, review of Vietnam’s trade-related legislation (trade defense, law on commerce, customs and competition).

May 2009 – August 2009


Organisation Internationale de la francophonie

Orientation of the OIF / Commonwealth Programme for the “Capacity Building of ACP States for the Formulation, Negotiation and Implementation of Trade Policies” (Hubs Spokes).

January 2009 – February 2010

Brussel and OCTs

Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA)

Team Leader. Study on the international trade regime of OCTs, the relevance and status of domestic legislation and administrative reforms required to adjust to the current international trade context.

November 2009

Brussels Exporter of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

Preliminary advice on rules of origin.

January 2009 – June 2009

ESA Countries (Rwanda, Burundi, Comores, Mauritius, Zambia, Madagascar)

TradeCom Facility Team Leader. Training and assistance in services’ scheduling and regulations for the purposes of facilitating ESA countries’ EPA services negotiations

September 2008 – November 2009


Definition and design of activities for the next four years in the areas of Competion policy and consumer protection and looking at their interface with the trade policy of Vitenam.

May 2008 – February 2009

Brussels, London, Geneva and the ground

Commonwealth Secretariat

Evaluation of the trade law assistance provided by the Commonwealth Secretariat.

January 2008

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Proinvest Advice and public-private dialogue related to the services trade package in the EU-CARIFORUM EPA.

September 2006

BridgetownBarbados

Proinvest Workshop on services trade negotiations between the EU and CARIFORUM

March 2006 – ongoing

Brussels Appleton Luff – International Lawyers

Partner in law firm. Legal practice of international and European Economic Law (www.appletonluff.com). Trade remedies regulations of the EU.

http://www.appletonluff.com/

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April 2006 – March 2008

Brussels and ACP countries

ACP Secretariat Director, Management Unit TradeCom Programme (a 50 million Euros programme to facilitate integration of ACP States in the international Trade Community). Administered and evaluated more than one hundred requests for technical assistance and fourty-six projects implemented throughout the ACP. Projects related to trade policy, administrative reforms and enhancement. Extensive presence in the field.


Kiev, Ukraine

Ministry of Economy and European Integration and other Ministries

Advice in the context of Ukraine’s Accession to the WTO. Trade in services. Agriculture and WTO Dispute settlement reform. Designing and delivering Trade Assistance Programmes, with particular emphasis on Agriculture Policy-making.

December 2005 – March 2007

Hanoi, Vietnam, Brussels

European Commission

Team Leader. Advice to relevant ministries, agencies and stakeholders on the Doha Round. Advice on service trade liberalisation and on non-market economy status.

November 2005 – October 2006

Bhutan International Finance Corporation (the World Bank Group)

Private sector Development. Enhancing the promotion of the private sector in the field of trade and industry in compliance with the government’s aspirations and WTO Law.

March 2006 – July 2006

Brussels European Commission

An analysis of Bilateral Trade Agreements Concluded by the Member States of the European Community. Monitoring Table Produced.

October 2005 – June 2006

Brussels and Geneva


Private Sector Development. Suggesting the means enabling the private sector to participate in the realisation of offensive strategies in international trade.

September 2005 – June 2006

Colombo-Sri Lanka


Planning and delivering a training programme “Introduction to the Multilateral Trading System”.

April 2005 – December 2005

Hanoi, Vietnam

European Commission

Assessing the needs of Vietnam in its post-WTO accession phase. This work entailed formulating recommendations for an integrated framework of future capacity-building activities in light of the challenges Vietnam would face after its WTO Accession. Regional Integration in the context of ASEAN and APEC was also considered.

March 2005 – December 2005

Kigali Rwanda

Ministry of Trade Advice in the context of the ongoing Doha Round Negotiations in trade in services

January – March 2005

Brussels European Commission

Providing a road map for ACP States to develop their capacity to take full advantage of their rights under international trade rules in the sector of textiles and clothing.

July 2004 – March 2005

Brussels and Geneva

ACP Group of Countries

Supervision and evaluation of a traineeship programme for ACP lawyers and economists.

November – December 2004

Brussels International Lawyers and Economists against Poverty

Paper on cross-sectoral strategies for the ACP to take advantage of WTO rules.

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November 2004

Kampala, Uganda

International Development Law Organisation

Held a workshop on the Agriculture and SPS Agreements. This workshop addressed the theory and concerns of sub-Saharan African countries relating to the implementation of these two agreements and the ongoing WTO negotiations.

March 2004 Nairobi, Kenya

World Bank and International Lawyers Against Poverty

Presentation on the “Legal aspects of international strategies for bilateral and multilateral Trade negotiations”, multinational workshop.

June 2003- March 2006.

Brussels, Belgium

O’Connor and Company.

Partner in law firm. International Trade Law (WTO and EC levels). Trade remedies. Public Administration, Regional Integration, Doha Round and Trade Policy Strategies.

February-March 2003

China Chinese Ministry of Justice and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs

"EC's implementation of WTO Law", Top Level Class Program of Legal Applications of China's Accession to WTO", organised by the Chinese Ministry of Justice and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, in Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (China)

2000-2003 Brussels, Belgium

Dal & Veldekens Partner in Law Firm. International Trade Law (WTO and EC levels), Trade remedies, EC Internal Market and EC Competition Law. Litigation and Capacity-building.

March 2002 Senegal Islamic Development Bank

"Recent developments in the application of the WTO Antidumping Agreement", top level conference given in Dakar, Senegal, 11-13 March 2002 in a workshop organised by the Islamic Development Bank

October 2001

India Management Development Institute

“European trade law, WTO and market access", Management Development Institute in India, New Delhi.

December 1998 - May 2000 (scattered)

South Africa

South African government

EC Antidumping and anti-subsidy procedures concerning a steel product originating in South Africa. Conduct of the case on behalf of producers-exporters and advice to the South African government on the alleged subsidies granted. Regular journeys throughout the country and investigations at production facilities.


Clifford Chance Senior associate in law firm. International Trade Law (WTO and EC levels), in particular anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard cases. Dispute settlement and Litigation.


Coudert Brothers

Associate in law firm. International Trade Law (WTO and EC levels) and EC law: technical barriers to trade, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy procedures, customs rules, WTO dispute settlement, market access actions and EC litigation. Study for the EC Commission on Telecommunications Laws.

November 1996-January 1997

Vietnam National University of Vietnam, Vietnamese government

Taught a course in Public and Commercial European Law to 200 law students at the National University of Vietnam. Advice to the Vietnamese government on trade law and European trade policy.


Dal & Veldekens Trainee and then associate in law firm. Belgian and EC litigation. Advice on international trade

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regulations. Cases also included the financing of a development project by the European Development Fund and regulatory and competition law aspects of intra-EU trade.


De Bandt, Van Hecke & Lagae

Trainee in law firm. Banking and Commercial Law.

11. Others: Teaching, training and academic assignments (by reverse chronological order)

. Faculty Member, Liège University, Faculty of Law, Course on "The World Trade

Organisation and Trade Remedies", as of academic year 2004-2005; . Visiting Professor, Barcelona University, LLM International Economic Law and Policy

(IELPO), academic years 2010-2011 and 2011 – 2012; . Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Course on “EU Trade Policy and WTO Law”,

as of academic year 2007-2008; . Guest Professor, University of Sassari, Italy. Course on WTO Law, May-June 2012; . Guest Professor, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy, Courses and research on

International and European Law, academic year 2007-2008; . Guest Professor, European Studies Institute, Moscow State Institute of International

Relations (MGIMO University), Full course on WTO Law, March 2008, May 2009, May 2010, May-June 2011;

. Guest Professor, University of Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, Faculty of

Law, Course on “Trade in goods Regulation” and “Trade Remedies”, Master in International Commercial Law, as of academic year 2003-2004;

. Assistant Professor, Brussels’ University (U.L.B.): Teaching and training students on

a course “Introduction to law and legal methodology”, academic years 1998 to 2008;

. Assistant Professor, Liège University (U.L.G.): Training students on a course "English

Legal Terminology" (2000 - 2002). Research on the International Law of

Telecommunications and Multimedia, as of academic year 2000 - 2001. Member of

the Research Group on Network Industries at the Institute of European Legal Studies;

. Trainer, College of Europe, Bruges, “The Trade policy of the European Union and EC-Armenia relations”, for officials of Armenia, March 2011;

. Trainer, College of Europe, Bruges, Training Programme on the WTO Law and Legal

Aspect of Trade Policy for Officials of the European Commission, Directorate General for Trade, September 2012, February 2012, June 2011, February 2007, January 2006, April 2005, November 2004, June 2004 and September 2003;

. Trainer, College of Europe, Bruges, Training Programme on the Legal Aspects of EC

Trade Policy, “Treaty Provisions and Concept”, for Officials of the European

Commission, Directorate General for Trade, RELEX and AIDCO, January 2006;

. Trainer, College of Europe, Bruges, “The Trade policy of the European Union and EC-WTO relations”, and “The Competition policy of the European Union”, for trade officials and academics of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, April 2005;

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. Trainer, International Development Law Organisation, workshop on the Agreement on

Agriculture and the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, under the

auspices of the World Trade Organisation, Kampala, Uganda, 11 and 12 November

2004;

. Trainer, College of Europe, Bruges, “The Trade policy of the European Union”, for

trade officials of the Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro, Podgorica, May 2004;

. Guest Professor, Università Cattaneo in Castellanza, Italy, Course on “Regulation

and Economics of the Global Market”, November – December 2003;

. Training course, “WTO Dispute Settlement” to Chinese Officials of Guangxi Provincial Government of China, November 2003;

. Training Course on Market Access in WTO Law to trade officials from Kirghizstan,

Kazakhstan and Ukraine, organized by the World Trade Institute, November 2003; . Lecturer, Siena University, Italy: training course, in Italian, on WTO Law to PhD

students, Doctoral Programme of International Law and Economics, June 2003; . Lecturer, South-East China University, Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing, China:

"EC's implementation of WTO Law", series of lectures given in the context of the "Top Level Class Program of Legal Applications of China's Accession to WTO", organised by the Chinese Ministry of Justice and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, March 2003;

. Trainer, French and German speaking Bars, Belgium: "L'OMC et l'Union

européenne", course given at the Annual Professional Educational Programme of the Conference of French and German speaking Bars of Belgium, October - November 2001;

. Lecturer, Management Development Institute, New Delhi, India: Three-days seminar

on "European Business Law and Market Access" to Indian senior policy-makers and businessmen, October 2001;

. Lecturer, the World Trade Institute “International trade law of telecommunications”,

one-week seminar to the students of the Master of International Law and Economics, the World Trade Institute, Bern, March 2001;

. Lecturer, National University of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam.: Taught a course in Public

and Commercial European Law to 200 law students at the National University of Vietnam. Advice to the Vietnamese government on trade law and European trade policy, November 1996 - January 1997.

Publications Books . Author, "Le droit de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce. Analyse critique" (the Law

of the World Trade Organisation. Critical Analysis), 2004, Bruylant, Brussels, 2004, 1328 p.;

. Co-editor, "The WTO and Global Convergence in Telecommunications and Audio-

Visual Services", 2004, Cambridge University Press;

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Articles to international academic journals and contributions to academic collections . “Convergence: A buzzword to remain?” in M. Burri and T. Cottier, “Trade Governance

in the Digital Age”, Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 65-91; . “Trade Law Implications of Procurement Practices in Sustainable Energy Goods and

Services” with Alan Hervé, ICTSD, Geneva, 2012; . “Addressing the Implementation of Prefential Trade Agreements. The Law and

Pratice of the European Union”, Inter-American Development Bank, Policy Brief, No IDB-PB-126, 2011

. “Le droit des communications électroniques”, International Law Collection, Lexis

Nexis, 5, Fasc. 130-60, 2009. . “The EC Regime for Imports of Fruits and Vegetables” in “Agriculture in WTO Law”,

Cameron May, London, 2005; . “Telecommunications and Audio-visual Services: Considerations for a Convergence

Policy at the WTO Level”, Journal of World Trade, vol. 38, No 6, 2004, pp. 1059 to 1086;

. “The Legal Implications of EU Enlargement on the EU’s External Trade Policy”, ERA

Forum, No 3, 2004, pp. 380 to 408, with Margareta Djordjevic; . "Current International Trade Rules Relevant to Telecommunications Services" in "The

WTO and Global Convergence in Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services", 2004, Cambridge University Press, pp. 34 to 51;

. "International Regulation of Audiovisual Services: Networks, Assignment of Scarce

Resources and Terminal Equipment" in "The WTO and Global Convergence in Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services", 2004, Cambridge University Press, pp. 243 to 275;

. “Regulation of Health Services and International Trade Law”, in A. Mattoo & P. Sauvé

(eds), Domestic Regulation & Services Trade Liberalisation, The World Bank / Oxford University Press, Washington DC, 2003, pp. 191 to 221;

. "Considérations sur l'effet des règles de l'OMC dans les ordres juridiques belges et

communautaires", Contribution to the 2002 Congress of the Academy of International Comparative Law, Brisbane, Australia, July 2002, published by Bruylant, Brussels, 2002, pp. 671-770;

. "International Trade Law Aspects of the Regulation of Broadband", Special issue of

the Journal of Network Industries (JONI), July 2002, containing the proceedings of the ITU workshop on Broadband Regulation, pp. 239 to 271;

. "International Regulation of Postal Services: UPU vs. WTO rules", in The

Liberalisation of Postal Services in the European Union, Kluwer Law International, 2002, pp. 39 to 91;

. "Multilateral Trade Issues and Liberalisation: Current and Future Perspectives", in D.

Géradin (Ed) The Liberalisation of State Monopolies in the European Union and Beyond, Kluwer Law International, 1999, pp. 331-358;

. “L’embargo et le droit de l’Union Européenne”, in L’embargo, International

Symposium, European Society for Banking and Financial Law, Bruylant, Brussels, 1996, pp. 87-121, with Lucette Defalque;

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. “The Trade Barriers Regulation and the Community’s Market Access Policy”, European Foreign Affairs Review, 1996, 2, pp. 211-231, with Paulette Vander Schueren;

. “An Overview of The International Law of Sustainable Development and a

Confrontation Between WTO Rules and Sustainable Development”, Belgian Review of International Law, 1996, pp. 90-144.

Commissioned Studies published

. ITC (UNCTAD/WTO), « Examen des enjeux du commerce international pour le

secteur privé en Afrique de l’Ouest et recommandations pour l’approfondissement du dialogue public-prive au niveau regional », mars 2010.

. ITC (UNCTAD/WTO), « Examen des enjeux du commerce international pour le

secteur privé en Afrique centrale et recommandations pour l’approfondissement du dialogue public-prive au niveau regional », mars 2010.

. European Commission and Overseas Countries and Territories Association, “The

Analysis of the Regional Economic Integration Processes (Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean) and recommendations aiming at enhancing trade and economic activity of OCTs within their region and with the EC”, January 2010.

. MUTRAP, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam, “Supporting Vietnam’s

Participation in the Doha Development Round, Trade in Services and the Institutional and Developmental Aspects of Negotiations”, October 2009.

. MUTRAP, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam, “Making Vietnamese Trade

Related Laws Fully Compatible with International Obligations”, November 2009. . Commonwealth Secretariat, “Evaluation of Commonwealth Secretariat Assistance to

Member States in Trade Law”, December 2008. . European Commission, “Needs Assessment for Trade Related Assistance in Vietnam

in the Period 2007 – 2012”, October 2005. . International Lawyers and Economists against Poverty, “Study on the development of

African countries’ opportunities in international trade, and their gradual capacity to take fully advantage of their rights under WTO Law”, October 2004.

Book reviews . “Basic Legal Instruments for the Liberalisation of Trade. A Comparative Analysis of

EC and WTO Law”, by Federico Ortino, E.L. Rev., vol. 30, 2005, pp. 156 to 161. . “State Trading in the Twenty-First Century”, Thomas Cottier and Petros C. Mavroidis

(Eds), Krista Nadavukaren Schefer (Associate Ed), 3 JIEL 2 (2000) and 1 JONI 1 (2000);

Other contributions . European Law Students Association, Why organizing a WTO Moot Court competition

in 2010? – A Trade Lawyer’s view, in Synergy, March 2010. . “Legal Aspects of Business Development in Europe and India: Business Law and

Litigation”, in Doing Business With Europe. Collection of Articles Referring to the

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Economic and Legal Environment of Business Between India and Europe, Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris, 2004.

. “WTO and China: Being in the know at the World Trade Organisation”, Europe

Tribune, Vol. 1, n°1, 2003. . "L'OMC et l'Union européenne", printed version of the course given at the Annual

Professional Educational Programme of the Conference of French and German speaking Bars of Belgium, October - November 2001.

Seminars (other than those mentioned under "teaching, training and academic assignments") . Speaker, le Droit de l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce, Academic Conference,

University of Lille, 31 March 2012. . Speaker, “Three years of Vietnam’s participation in the World Trade Organisation”,

Vietnam’s Diplomatic Academy, 12 October 2010. . Speaker, "Old and New Buzzwords in the Digital Trade Discourse - Convergence". In

the context of the 2010 Edition of the World Trade Forum, organized by the World Trade Institute, dedicated to Trade Governance in the Digital Age, 3 September 2010.

. Speaker,”Droit le l’OMC et OGM : Quelle alchimie entre le principe de précaution et le

principe de cohérence ?, VIIè Colloque annuel du réseau francophone de droit international, « Le droit de l’OMC à l’épreuve des OGM », Montréal, Canada, 8 May 2010.

. Speaker, “The Implementation of Preferential Trade Agreements: the experience of

the EU”, in the context of a workshop on “Implementing Free Trade Agreements in Latin America: Lessons and Challenges”, organized by the Inter American Development Bank, Washington DC, 7 April 2010.

. Speaker and Chair of Session, “Legal Aspects in EPA Services Trade Negotiations”

and “Other Legal Aspects of EPAs”, in the context of a “Seminar on Legal aspects of trade policy, regional and multilateral trade negotiations for SADC EPA States”, Johannesburg, 18-22 May 2009.

. Acted as Scientific Advisor and made several presentations during the first regional

sensitization workshop for Members of Parliaments of Central African countries on International Trade Agreements and Economic Partnership Agreements. The workshop was held in Bangui (Central African Republic) on 12, 13 and 14 January 2009, at the National Assembly, under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic, Chief of State, current President of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa.

. “Public-Private Dialogue on the International Trading System. Empowering Business

for Advocacy in the New International Trading System”, presentation on the best practices of public-private dialogue mechanisms with respect to international trade negotiations, Monrovia, Liberia, 8 September 2008.

. “Non-tariff barriers to trade in the context of the EU’s Stabilisation and Partnership

Process with South Balkan countries”, presentation and participation in a Business Forum for the EU and Eastern Europe convened by the support of the Government of Slovenia, Slovenia’s Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the International Trade Centre, 26 and 27 June 2008.

. Participation to an expert meeting at the University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne on

16 and 17 June, on the impact of World Trade Organization (WTO) law on the right to

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food. Presentation on “Non-tariff barriers to access the market of developed countries and the strengthening of producers’ capacities in developing countries”.

. Speaker, “Azerbaijan’s Opportunities in International Trade. Taking Advantage of he

WTO”, Fostering Trade through Public-Private Dialogue, RoundTable on the Business Implications and WTO Accession, Baku, Azerbaijan, 14 May 2008.

. Speaker, “The Trade Protocol of the Southern African Development Community –

shortcomings and perspectives”, First International Conference on Regional Integration Issues and SADC Law, Maputo, Mozambique, 23-25 April 2008.

. Presentation on the Services Aspects of the EU /CARIFORUM Economic Partnership

Agreement at a Pro€Invest Workshop on the “Economic Partnership Agreements and Regional Integration. Establishing a Competitive Private Sector”, Port-au-Prince, Haïti, 24-25 January 2008.

. Speaker, Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (EASMI), “Aid for

Trade and Capacity-Building Needs”, Trade Policy Training Centre (TRAPCA) Second Annual Conference, “Multilateral, Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements: Emerging Scenarios and Challenges for African and Least-Developed Countries”, Swaziland, 5-8 November 2007;

. Speaker, Università Bocconi, Milano, “Trade Related Technical Assistance – issues

and challenges”, Doctoral studies in International Law, 19 March 2007; . “The Use of Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duty Measures Against Vietnamese

Textile and Footwear Exports After WTO Accession. Lessons Drawn from Vietnamese and Regional Experiences for Shaping Business Strategies”, presentation in the workshop “ Implications of WTO Accession for the Textile & Clothing and the Shoe Sectors in the Ho Chi Minh City Region”, Hô Chi Minh City, 15 and 16 March 2007.

. Speaker, the World Economic Forum, “Legal issues in relation to international Trade

negotiations”. Programme for young professionals of the WEC, May 2006. . Co-Organiser and speaker, "Public Policy and WTO Law: Regulating Globalisation",

international workshop under the auspices of The Institute of European Legal Studies of the University of Liège and the Institute of International Law of the University of Leuven, 24-25 February 2005;

. Speaker, "The legal implications of the EU enlargement on the EC’s external trade

policy", seminar organised by ERA (Academy of European Law in Trier) on the legal implications of the EU enlargement, Trier, 26-27 April 2004;

. Speaker, "Legal aspects of international strategies for bilateral and multilateral trade

negotiations", multinational workshop organised by International Lawyers against Poverty and the World Bank, Nairobi, Kenya, 15-20 March 2004;

. Speaker and chair of session, "Legal Issues in Agricultural Trade", international

conference organised by ERA (Academy of European Law in Trier) and O'Connor and Company - European Lawyers, 23 October 2003;

. Speaker, Second Workshop jointly hosted by the Swiss State Secretariat for

Economic Affairs (seco) and the World Trade Institute (WTI), July 3rd and 4th, 2003. Presentation on Postal Services Negotiations within the WTO/GATS framework;

. "The WTO and Consumer Protection in the Fields of Food Security and Public

Health", paper delivered in the context of the International Symposium on Food Security, organised by the "Pôle européen Jean Monnet", the "Centre Bigwood sur l'Alimentation, la Consommation et la Santé Publique" (Brussels University) and the

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"Observatoire sur la consommation et les questions alimentaires", Brussels, 5-6 December 2002;

. Speaker, "Recent developments in the application of the WTO Antidumping

Agreement", top level conference given in Dakar, Senegal, 11-13 March 2002, workshop organised by the Islamic Development Bank;

. "Domestic Regulation of Health Services and the WTO", paper delivered at the

OECD, Paris, 5 March 2002 in the context of the third "Trade in Services Experts Meeting", World Bank / OECD (available at www1.worldbank.org/wbiep/trade/services/OECD_Papers.htm);

. Co-organisaser and speaker, "Telecommunications and Audiovisual Services in the

Context of the WTO, Today and Tomorrow", international workshop under the auspices of The Institute of European Legal Studies of the University of Liège, held in the WTO, Geneva, on 21-22 November 2001;

. "International Regulation of Audiovisual Services: Networks, Frequency Allocation

and Terminal Equipment", paper delivered in the context of the above WTO Conference;

. “WTO Aspects of the Liberalisation of Public Monopolies”, paper delivered at a

Conference on Competition, Liberalisation and State Monopolies organised by the Liège Institute of European Studies on 6 November 1998.

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