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 Full CV
J.D., Vanderbilt, 2002
Certificate of Law and Business, Law School, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, 2002
LL.M., University College London, 1999
Certificate in Law Teachers Program, University College London, 1999
LL.B. (summa cum laude), China Youth Politics Institute, 1998
Academic Positions Held
Current Appointment:
Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2010-Present
Previous Appointments:
Associate Professor of Law (tenure-track), Singapore Management University, Dec 2007-Dec 2009
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), 2005-2007
Lecturer, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, 2003-2004
Other Positions
Member, Advisory Board, WTO Chairs Porgramme, WTO Secretariat, 2009-Present
Consultant, The World Bank, Feb-June 2009 & April-December 2007
Lecturer, Training Course on Trade and Investment Integration, The Asian Development Bank, 2009
Associate, South East Asia Trade Policy Training Network (SEATRANET), 2009-Present
Visiting Professor, LLM in International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO) Program, Barcelona, Spain, 2008-Present
Lecturer, Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations (TFCTN) Executive Programme, 2008-Present
Member, Asian WTO Research Network, 2006-Present
Expert Adviser, The Government of Vietnam, 2007-2008
Member, Review Body on Bid Challenges (Under the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement), Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2007-Present
Member, International Committee on International Trade Law, International Law Association (ILA), 2006-Present
Rapporteur, Project on Capacity Building for the New International Architecture in Trade and Investment, APEC, 2006-2007
Visiting Professor, Academy of International Trade Law, Institute of European Studies of Macau, 2006-Present
Member, Board of Directors, WTO Study Association of the China Law Society, 2005-Present
Lecturer, WTO-HKU Regional Trade Policy Course for Asia Pacific, 2004-Present
Adjunct Professor, Poon Kam Kai Institute of Management, The University of Hong Kong, 2004-2007
Legal Expert, Beijing WTO Affairs Center, 2002-Present
Visiting Professor, International Studies Centre, Queen's University (Canada), 2007
Deputy Director, East Asia International Economic Law and Policy (EAIEL) Program, The University of Hong Kong, 2005-2007
External Examiner, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2006
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University, 2006
Visiting Professor, Asia-American Institute in Transnational Law, Duke University and The University of Hong Kong, 2006
Academic Coordinator, WTO-HKU Regional Trade Policy Course for Asia Pacific, 2005-2006
Expert Witness, Hong Kong Police Force, 2005
Visiting Professor, China Business Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2003-2005
Visiting Professor, China Youth Politics Institute, 2004
Short-term Consultant, Trade in Services Division, Secretariat of the World Trade Organization, 2003
Legal Intern, Appellate Body Secretariat, WTO, 2002
Honors and Awards
Raymonde I. Paul Scholarship in Transnational Law, Vanderbilt University, 2002
Dean’s Scholarship, Vanderbilt University, 1999-2002
UCL/China Vinson Chu Scholarship, 1998
Grand Prize of the National Jianhao (Genius Power) Scholarship (renamed May 4th Scholarship after 1999), China Youth League, All-China Students Federation, 1997
Courses Taught in SMU
WTO: Law and Policy
Chinese Law
Torts
Research Areas
WTO, International Trade Law
Chinese Law
Law and Economics
Areas of Specialisation
WTO
Free Trade Agreements
International Trade Law
International Law
Chinese Law
Law and Economics
Current Projects
China and WTO, especially China’s Free Trade Agreements Strategy and China’s Participation in WTO Dispute Settlement
Institutional Reform of the WTO
Blog: http://wtoandchina.blogspot.com/
Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications
Henry Gao (2010), “Taking Justice into Your Own Hand: The Trade Barrier Investigation Mechanism in China”, Journal of World Trade, Volume 44 (forthcoming)
Henry Gao (2008), “Saving the WTO From the Risk of Irrelevance: The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism as A ‘Common Good' for RTA Disputes” (co-authored with Chin Leng Lim), Journal of International Economic Law (OUP), Volume 11, Issue 4, pp. 899-925
Henry Gao (2008), “Evaluating Alternative Approaches to GATS. Negotiations: Sectoral, Formulae and Other Alternatives”, in Pierre Sauvé, Marion Panizzon and Nicole Pohl eds., GATS And The Regulation Of International Trade In Services, Cambridge University Press, 183-208
Henry Gao (2008), “Chapter on GATS Annex on Telecommunications; Annex on Negotiations on Basic Telecommunications; Fourth protocol on basic telecommunications, and Reference Paper on basic telecommunications”, in Wolfrum, Stoll, Feinäugle eds., “Max Planck Commentaries on World Trade Law, Volume VI: “WTO – Trade In Services”, Brill (Martinus Nijhoff) Publishers , 683-747
Henry Gao (2008), “The RTA Strategy of China: A Critical Visit”, in Ross Buckley, Vai Io Lo and Laurence Boulle, “Challenges To Multilateral Trade: The Impact of Bilateral, Preferential and Regional Agreements”, Kluwer Law International, 55-66
Henry Gao (2007), “Reflections on the Relationship between WTO Negotiations and Dispute Settlement – Lessons from the GATS”, in Yasuhei Taniguchi, Alan Yanovich and Jan Bohanes (eds.), “The WTO in The Twenty-First Century: Dispute Settlement, Negotiations and Regionalism in Asia”, Cambridge University Press, 367-380
Henry Gao (2007), “The Mighty Pen, the Almighty Dollar, and the Holy Hammer and Sickle: An examination of the conflict between trade liberalization and domestic cultural policy with special regard to the recent dispute between the US and China on restrictions on certain cultural products”, Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy, 313-343
Henry Gao (2007), “Taming the Dragon: China's Experience in the WTO Dispute Settlement System”, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 34, 4, 369–392
Henry Gao (2007), “ China's Participation in the WTO: A Lawyer's Perspective”, Singapore Year Book of International Law, 1-34
Henry Gao (2007), The Bid Challenge Procedures under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement: A Critical Study of the Hong Kong Experience, Public Procurement Law Review, 211-254
Henry Gao & Won-Mog Choi (2006), “Procedural Issues in the Anti-Dumping Regulations of China: A Critical Review under the WTO Rules”, Chinese Journal of International Law, 5, 3, 663-682
Henry Gao & Don Lewis eds. (2005), “ China's Participation in the WTO”, Cameron May, 1-486
Henry Gao (2005), “Aggressive Legalism: The East Asian Experience and Lessons for China”, in Henry Gao & Don Lewis eds., “ China's Participation in the WTO”, Cameron May, 315-351
Henry Gao (2003), “Legal Issues under WTO Rules on the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between China and Hong Kong”, Chinese Journal of International Law, 2, 2, 629-648 |
