Saturday, February 10, 2007, 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
The International Trade Relations & Regulations panel will look at the political and legal atmosphere of trade within Asia as well as with other countries. It will examine the current status and prospects for further liberalization of Asian trade regulations, taking into account the effect of regional and global institutions. The panel will also look at how the United States may change its policies toward trade with Asia as a result of the new Democratic majority in Congress and how Asian countries are likely to react to those changes.
Joel P. Trachtman is Professor of International Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. The author of over 50 scholarly publications, Prof. Trachtman is a member of the Boards of the American Journal of International law, the European Journal of International Law, the Journal of International Economic Law and the Singapore Yearbook of International Law. He has consulted for the United Nations, the OECD, APEC, the World Bank, the Organization of American States, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. He is a member of the bar of the State of New York. From 1998 to 2001, he was Academic Dean of the Fletcher School, and during 2000 and 2001, he served as Dean ad interim. In 2002, he was Manley O. Hudson Visiting Professor of Law, and in 2004 he was Nomura Visiting Professor of International Financial Systems, at Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the faculty of The Fletcher School in 1989, he spent nine years in the private practice of international commercial law in New York and Hong Kong. His practice included a wide variety of international and domestic financing, acquisition and commercial transactions. He graduated in 1980 from Harvard Law School, where he served as editor in chief of the Harvard International Law Journal. His undergraduate education was at the London School of Economics and Columbia College. His full biography is available here (external website).
Hamilton Loeb has been a partner in Paul Hasting’s Litigation Department for 20 years. He has served as managing partner of the Washington office and as co-head of the firmwide Litigation Department. Mr. Loeb acts as lead counsel for U.S. and foreign clients in the full variety of trade matters, including trade policy disputes, antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings, economic sanctions advice and enforcement actions, Customs litigation and investigations, and export controls and encryption. Mr. Loeb is a 1978 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was magna cum laude. He served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and was Articles Editor for volume 90. He clerked for Hon. James R. Browning, chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His full biography is available here (external website).
Greg Mastel is a principal at Miller & Chevalier in Washington, D.C. During the 107th Congress, Mr. Mastel was the Chief International Trade Advisor and Chief Economist for the Senate Finance Committee. In these positions, he was the lead staff person on a number of important issues, including passage of the Trade Act of 2002, the trade provisions in the 2002 farm bill, the U.S.- Jordan Free Trade Agreement and other free trade agreements, the integration of the U.S. Customs Service into the new Department of Homeland Security, and changes in U.S. tax policy related to recent adverse World Trade Organization decisions. His full biography is available here (external website).
A partner in the Litigation Department of Paul Weiss, Robert P. Parker represents clients in complex litigation, intellectual property, international trade and federal regulatory matters. In addition to litigating a wide variety of matters in federal district courts, the Court of International Trade, and in domestic and international arbitration proceedings, Mr. Parker has also appeared before the International Trade Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Election Commission, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. A past president of the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. Parker is on the board and has served as chairman of the National Council for Adoption. Mr. Parker was counsel to the chairman of the International Trade Commission from 1988-91. His full biography is available here (external website).
Margaret Pfeiffer has been a partner of Sullivan & Cromwell since 1982, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. Her practice includes the representation of U.S. and non-U.S. clients of the Firm in state and federal courts throughout the country. As part of her practice relating to advising and representing clients in regard to investigations by government agencies, Mrs. Pfeiffer has long experience with civil and criminal enforcement of U.S. economic sanctions and dealing with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in regard to proceedings under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. She has also long advised and represented clients in matters involving restrictions on foreign investment in the United States, including dealing with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Her full biography is available here (external website).