3/5/2017, Lausanne: Negotiating trade agreements with the EU: The cautionary tale of CETA (EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)

Negotiating trade agreements with the EU: The cautionary tale of CETA (EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)

Professor Armand de Mestral (Emeritus Professor and Jean Monnet Professor of Law, McGill University)

Wednesday 3 May 2017 (15h15 - 16h45) - Internef - 231, Université de Lausanne

Especially today many members of society ask themselves what globalization means and how its challenges can be best addressed. Is it increased nationalism and protectionism or further cooperation and integration. Megaregionals are modern agreements that normally try to use the second approach. The most recently concluded EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is a perfect example. Our speaker Professor Armand de Mestral (Emeritus Professor and Jean Monnet Professor of Law, McGill University) speaks about its challenges... The presentation is given is given in English as part of the course "Droit international économique" and the LLM Programme in International and European Economic and Commercial Law (Prof. Andreas R. Ziegler).

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