The Society of International Economic Law’s Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) The 6th Biennial Conference International Trade Regime for the Data-Driven Economy: How Will Artificial Intelligence Transform International Economic Law? DATE October 26-27, 2019 VENUE The Grand Hotel No. 1, Sec. 4, Zhongshan N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan ORGANIZER Institute of Law for Science and Technology, National Tsing Hua University SPONSORS Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University The Erasmus+ Program of the European Union 1 Conference Program Saturday, October 26, 2019 9:00 – 9:10 Welcome Remarks ▪ Jen-Ni Yang, Director General of Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan ▪ Junji Nakagawa, Chuo Gakuin University / Chair of the Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) ▪ Shin-yi Peng, National Tsing Hua University / Vice President of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) 9:10 – 10:00 Session I: Opening Keynote Address Chair: Shin-yi Peng, National Tsing Hua University International Trade Regime for the Data-Driven Economy: How Will Artificial Intelligence Transform International Economic Law Gregory Shaffer, Chancellor's Professor of Law, University of California- Irvine 10:00 – 10:10 Tea Break 10:10 – 11:10 Session II: A New Trade Regime for the Age of AI? Chair: Bryan Mercurio, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ▪ Global Law in Face of Datafication and Artificial Intelligence Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich ▪ Modernizing the TBT Agreement for the Age of AI: Autonomous Vehicle Standards as a Case Study Shin-yi Peng, National Tsing Hua University ▪ The Political Economy of the Superpower Competition to Define the Emerging Global Technology Trade Architecture Jane Winn, University of Washington 11:10 – 11:20 Tea Break 11:20 – 12:40 Session III: Data Governance and Competition Chair: Ching-Fu Lin, National Tsing Hua University ▪ Across the Great Wall: The Electronic Commerce Joint Statement Initiative Negotiation and China Henry Gao, Singapore Management University ▪ Data Portability in a Data-Driven World 1 Frederike Zufall, Waseda University / Raphael Zingg, ETH Zurich ▪ International Economic Law Constraints on Regulating Data as an Input Factor of the AI Economy Thomas Streinz, New York University ▪ No More Strategical Neutrality on Technological Neutrality: Technological Neutrality as a Bridge between the Analogue Trading Regime and Digital Trade Dongchul Kwak, Korea International Trade Association 12:40 – 14:00 Lunch & Special Address Reimaging Democracy in the Age of Civic Technology Audrey Tang, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan, Taiwan 14:00 – 15:20 Session IV: Data Protection and Intellectual Property Rights Chair: Chang-fa Lo, Former Justice of the Constitutional Court, Judicial Yuan, Taiwan ▪ Intellectual Property and Data Governance in the Age of AI Bryan Mercurio, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ▪ Blockchain: A Potential Elixir for the Drug Counterfeiting Problem in International Pharmaceutical Trade? S. Jenny Van, National Taiwan University / Christina Y. Chen, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan ▪ Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence: the EU Approach and its Possible Promotion through Free Trade Agreements Alan Hervé, Sciences Po Rennes ▪ Adequacy Decisions under the GDPR: MFN Challenges under the GATS Tsai-Fang Chen, National Chiao Tung University 15:20 – 15:30 Tea Break 15:30 – 16:30 Session V: Smart Manufacturing, Foreign Investment and Export Control Chair: Yuka Fukunaga, Waseda University ▪ Legal Issues Arising from Data-Driven Manufacturing System - Smart Factories and Related Legal Phenomena Sungjin Kang, Kim & Chang ▪ Designing a Governance System for Cybersecurity of Foreign Investment in Europe Federica Cristani, Comenius University in Bratislava 2 ▪ The Challenges of Technology Export Controls in the Age of the Data- Driven Economy Cindy Whang, Fu Jen Catholic University 16:30 – 17:20 Session VI: Keynote Address Chair: Junji Nakagawa, Chuo Gakuin University Trade Rules for Industry 4.0? Technical Barriers to Trade and Good Regulatory Practice Aik Hoe Lim, Director of Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization Announcement of the Young Scholar Award Winner by Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich Sunday, October 27, 2019 9:20 – 10:40 Session VII: Legal Design, Ethics and Dispute Resolution Chair: Henry Gao, Singapore Management University ▪ Are Digital Trade Disputes “Trade Disputes”? Yuka Fukunaga, Waseda University ▪ The Use of Algorithms in Investor-State Dispute Settlement as a Potential Alternative to Address Its Criticisms Myriam Gicquello, King's College London ▪ International Trade Law and the Data Ethics: Possibilities and Challenges Neha Mishra, National University of Singapore ▪ Designing the Data-Driven Trade Regime: The Importance of Human- Centered Design Lisa Toohey, University of Newcastle 10:40 – 10:50 Tea break 10:50 – 11:50 Session VIII: Emerging Issues in AI and Blockchain Regulation Chair: Lisa Toohey, University of Newcastle ▪ Public Moral, Trade Secret, and the Dilemma of Regulating Driving Automation Systems Ching-Fu Lin, National Tsing Hua University ▪ Predatory AI Policies, Civil Liberty and Trade Liberalisation: Can WTO Law Come to Aid? 3 Kelly Shang, World Trade Institute, University of Bern / Rachel Du, World Trade Institute, University of Bern ▪ Putting New Wines into an Old Wineskin? Regulation of Cryptoassets (Virtual Currency) in Japan Junji Nakagawa, Chuo Gakuin University 11:50 – 12:10 Closing Remarks ▪ Shin-yi Peng, National Tsing Hua University ▪ Ching-Fu Lin, National Tsing Hua University 4 .