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TrendCasting: What Asian Biotech Trends Mean for U.S. Investors
2007
Invited Speaker
WTO and International Legal Issues
2006
Invited Speaker
Policy Roundtable for Uganda (in Munyonyo, Uganda for senior government officials)
2006
eZ Publish Conference
The Legal Issues of Doing International Business (Skien, Norway)
2006
Tillar House Lecture
Debunking the Anti-Environmental Myth of the NAFTA
2005
Invited Speaker
Section 421 Overview: Presentation of the China-Specific Safeguard and Its Implementation (for visiting judges)
2004
Invited Speaker
The Morning NAFTA - Examining the Environmental Implications of the NAFTA
2004
Invited Speaker
Section 337 Investigations: Certain Coamoxiclav Products, Intellectual Property Law, Policy & Administration (in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi) (training for judges)