本网讯 7月6日上午,以“International economic dispute settlement”为主题的校级“海外名师”学术讲座在线上平台举行。讲座由新西兰惠灵顿维多利亚大学臧青子教授主讲,国际合作负责人陈琳老师、国际合作项目秘书卢姗姗老师及40余名学生代表参加本次讲座。讲座由陈琳老师主持。
陈琳老师主持
会上,臧青子老师以近期中澳贸易关系变动为导引,讲述两国对其贸易纠纷诉诸WTO争端解决机制的过程,阐释第三方裁决在争端解决过程中遵循的有限参与原则。她指出,与国内司法逐级处理的层级架构不同,国际法领域的法治结构呈现不唯一、非层级的平面状,各国家、国际组织间签署的多边/双边、国际性/区域性的协议均会在争端处理中发挥作用,并通过对比相关自贸协定进行列举说明。
臧青子老师讲述现行BIT
在对现行机制进行概述后,她详细介绍了实践中法律角度和外交角度在争端解决中的差异,以WTO诉讼下的强制应诉作对比,展示双边下两国就展开磋商的前提条件及达成意向的要求,重申国内法和国际法视角下争端处理的根本区别。
交流讨论环节
在交流讨论环节,与会师生就法律适用、中欧BIT及经贸沟通、WTO与双边争端解决机制的优先级等问题进行了深入交流。
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【主讲人简介】
Dr.Michelle Q Zang
·Co-director of New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law
·Senior Lecturer in International Trade Law
·Programme Director, Master of International Trade Faculty of Law,Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Michelle Q Zang holds the Bachelor in Law (Fudan University, Shanghai, 2004), LLM in European Legal Studies (Distinction, Durham University, UK, 2006) and PhD in EU Law and WTO Law (Durham University, UK, 2010). Dr Zang specialises, publishes and teaches in international economic law and European law. Before joining Victoria University of Wellington, she completed post-doc research respectively NYU Law School and at University of Oslo. She also worked for the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO and King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing. One of her most recent publication addresses the interaction and communication between various international adjustors specialised in trade and investment disputes.