• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) at 10: Legal Innovation in Multilateral Development Banks

    WCC 3019 Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Natalie Lichtenstein JD '78, AIIB Inaugural General Counsel (retired) Discussant: Alastair Iain Johnston, The Governor James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Research Professor of China in World Affairs, Harvard University When the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was launched in 2016, many wondered how this new multilateral development bank (MDB) would be different. China

  • Beyond Tariffs and Subsidies: Toward a New Framework for U.S. Industrial Policy

    WCC 3016, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Y.S. Lee, West Virginia University College of Law The United States has returned to tariffs and subsidies with renewed force, seeking to rebuild domestic manufacturing, promote strategic industries, and counter geopolitical rivals such as China. This resurgence of industrial policy marks a sharp departure from the rule-based international trade order under the General Agreement