ADMINISTRATION OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT REGIMES IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
March 22-24, 2006, Puebla, Mexico
PRESENTATIONS
Brief Overview of the Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in FTAs (in Spanish)
Speaker:
Máximo Romero Jiménez, Senior Legal Adviser in the Office of the Legal Advisor for International Trade Negotiations, Secretariat of Economy (México)
Establishing a national office responsible
for handling the settlement of disputes arising from free trade agreements.(in Spanish) Speaker:
Rafael Serrano Figueroa, Head, Mexican Office for Free Trade Agreements (México)
Experiences in Defending Investor - State Claims (Argentina)
(in Spanish).
Speaker: Ignacio Pérez Cortes, International Affairs Department, Office of the Attorney-General(Argentina)
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Summary
State - State Dispute Settlement - Canada
1.Scope and Coverage
2.
Consultation
3.
The Free Trade Commission
4.
Choice of Forum (strategic options to select between free trade agreements vs.
WTO dispute settlement mechanism)
Speaker:Matt Kronby, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(Canada)
Practicas Desleales de Comercio –Dispute Settlement Mechanism - Chapter, XIX NAFTA (in
Spanish)
Speaker:Natividad Martínez, Director of Bilateral Legal Procedures in the Department of International Trade Practices of the Ministry of the Economy (México)