Petros Mavroidis's guest appearances

Petros Mavroidis

LCIL International Law Seminar Series

The Rodolfo Rivas Project

Sarah Williams

James Loeffler

Michael Wood

Adam Branch

Rita Kesselring

Dame Sally Davies

Marc Weller

Andrew Lang

Philippe Sands

Rachel Murray

Andrew Williams

Stephen Humphreys

Manuel Sanchez

Frank Berman

Catherine Barnard

OwlTail

Season 2 Episode 1 - My guest in the first episode of the second season is Petros C. Mavroidis, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Foreign &amp; Comparative Law Professor at Columbia Law School, leading International Trade academic and CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) Arbitrator.Our conversation delves into a variety of other topics, such as how Petros became a Professor, how the WTO has evolved, his views on the WTO as an institution and what are some of his thoughts on the future of the WTO. He also shares how he got into sports arbitration at CAS and how he really enjoys this part of his work, at one point he even gives a shout-out to Giannis Antetokounmpo, his co-national and reigning NBA MVP! Before concluding he tells us how he manages to fit all this work as well as continuing to research and write on a variety of topics.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. If you like the show, please let us know by liking, subscribing and/or reviewing.You are in for a treat, please listen in!Featuring:Petros Mavoridis, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=202909, author, The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 1; The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 2 and The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 3 (forthcoming)Host:Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod)About The Rodolfo Rivas Project:Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc.Follow Us:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasprojectInstagram: @therodolforivasproject

Season 2 Episode 1 - My guest in the first episode of the second season is Petros C. Mavroidis, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Foreign &amp; Comparative Law Professor at Columbia Law School, leading International Trade academic and CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) Arbitrator. Our conversation delves into a variety of other topics, such as how Petros became a Professor, how the WTO has evolved, his views on the WTO as an institution and what are some of his thoughts on the future of the WTO. He also shares how he got into sports arbitration at CAS and how he really enjoys this part of his work, at one point he even gives a shout-out to Giannis Antetokounmpo, his co-national and reigning NBA MVP! Before concluding he tells us how he manages to fit all this work as well as continuing to research and write on a variety of topics. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. If you like the show, please let us know by liking, subscribing and/or reviewing. You are in for a treat, please listen in! Featuring: Petros Mavoridis, <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=202909" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=202909</a>, author, The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 1; The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 2 and The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 3 (forthcoming) Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject</a> Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

Lecture summary: The WTO Agreement on TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) aims at taming NTBs (nontariff barriers), the main instrument segmenting markets nowadays. Some of the terms used in TBT to flesh out the commitments undertaken are borrowed from the GATT, and some originate in the modern regulatory reality as expressed through SDOs (standard-development organizations). The TBT does not share a copy-cat function with the GATT, though. Alas, the WTO Appellate Body, by understanding words as ‘invariances’, e.g., interpreting them out of context (without asking what is the purpose for the TBT?), has not only exported its GATT case law, but also misapplied it into the realm of TBT, and ended up with significant errors. In what follows, we explain why the current approach is erroneous, and advance an alternative understanding, which could help implement the TBT in a manner faithful to its negotiating intent, and objective function.Petros C. Mavroidis is Edwin Parker Professor of Law at CLS. Acted as chief reporter for the American Law Institute study on International Trade Law: the WTO. His latest major publication is The Regulation of International Trade, MIT Press, 2016.

Lecture summary: The WTO Agreement on TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) aims at taming NTBs (nontariff barriers), the main instrument segmenting markets nowadays. Some of the terms used in TBT to flesh out the commitments undertaken are borrowed from the GATT, and some originate in the modern regulatory reality as expressed through SDOs (standard-development organizations). The TBT does not share a copy-cat function with the GATT, though. Alas, the WTO Appellate Body, by understanding words as ‘invariances’, e.g., interpreting them out of context (without asking what is the purpose for the TBT?), has not only exported its GATT case law, but also misapplied it into the realm of TBT, and ended up with significant errors. In what follows, we explain why the current approach is erroneous, and advance an alternative understanding, which could help implement the TBT in a manner faithful to its negotiating intent, and objective function. Petros C. Mavroidis is Edwin Parker Professor of Law at CLS. Acted as chief reporter for the American Law Institute study on International Trade Law: the WTO. His latest major publication is The Regulation of International Trade, MIT Press, 2016.

LCIL Friday Lecture: 'What is the WTO Agreement on TBT All About?' by Professor Petros Mavroidis