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, December 2007-Present

Previous Appointments:

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