Interpretation of Service Schedules: A Perspective from China-Audiovisual Services
Professor Heng Wang

8 March 2011, 6 - 7.15pm 
Moot Court Room, UCL Law Faculty

About this event:
Service schedule interpretation is attracting more attention in the WTO disputes and may affect service negotiations and domestic policy. The presentation takes the Appellate Body report of China-Audiovisual Services as an example to analyse the following issues: Is there a common intention in schedules? Should schedules be interpreted in the same way as treaty text? Is the static or evolutionary interpretation preferred?

About the speaker: 
Heng Wang, associate professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China. Prof. Wang is currently Max Weber Fellow at EUI and visiting professor at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa. He is a member of Executive Council of the Society of International Economic Law, and of Organizing and Steering Committee of Asian International Economic Law Network. He has spoken at the WTO Headquarters and over 30 universities in North America and Europe including Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UCL, LSE, University of Paris 1, University of Tokyo. He has conducted research at the WTO Secretariat and been visiting professor at University of Ottawa and Yokohama National University. His articles are published in journals including Journal of World Trade and Cornell International Law Journal.

WTO Scholars' Forum
The Forum was set up in September 2006 by Dr Fiona Smith of University College London (UCL)’s Faculty of Laws. The Forum’s aims are to bring together leading experts on the law of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for discussions on WTO law and practice. Discussions are both web-based and face-to-face via conferences and smaller seminars. Experts are drawn from legal practice (solicitors and barristers) and leading universities in London and its immediate surrounding area, although there are plans to expand to national coverage. The Forum is  co-directed with Dr Isabelle Van Damme at University of Cambridge.