GangQiao WANG
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S.J.D. Candidate
Graduate Fellow, LL.M Advisor
Teaching Assistant for the International Trade Law
| Office: | Pound Hall 419 |
| Status: | In Residence |
| Email: | gwang@law.harvard.edu |
Dissertation
Examination of Bilateral Approach in the Shadow of Multilateralism
Scholars generally have understood the evolution of the world trading system from the GATT 1947 to the WTO as a vindication of multilateralism in trade disputes and more generally. Indeed, some go so far as to suggest that the WTO is the most exemplary international institution and one that other bodies should emulate, chiefly because of the way in which it has exemplified multilateral, legally based solutions. My dissertation will examine the conventional wisdom concerning multilateralism in the formation of trade rules and the resolution of trade disputes. Too much emphasis upon multilateral systems may downplay the advantages that states find in pursuing bilateral approaches. The very existence of multilateral mechanisms may provide a role for bilateral approaches in their shadow. My dissertation will use the Chinese case and other members' behavior at the WTO to examine the conventional wisdom regarding multilateralism and WTO capacity.
Fields of Research and Supervisors
- China’s Participation in the International Legal Order and China’s Political Economy of International Trade, with Professor William Alford, Harvard Law School, Overall Faculty Supervisor
- Political Economy of International Trade Law, with Professor Joel Trachtman, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
- International Relations, with Professors Alastair Iain Johnston and Beth A Simmons, Department of Government, Harvard University
Additional Research Interests
- International Economic Law
- Legal Theories
- Chinese Legal System
Education
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate 2004-Present
- Harvard Law School, LL.M. Sept 2002-- June 2003
- Shanghai Maritime University, LL.M. Sep 1995 ---April 1998
- Hangzhou University, LL.B. Sep 1991 -- July 1995
Appointments and Fellowships
- Harvard Law School, 2004-2005, Graduate Program Fellow, LL.M. Advisor
- Harvard Law School, 2004, Teaching Assistant for International Trade Law
- Harvard Law School, 2003-2004, Visiting Scholar
- Law School of Fudan Universty, 1998-2002, Assistant Professor of law (Lecturer on Law)
Representative Publications
- Political Economy of the Product Specific Safeguard Measures, Dissertation for LL.M at Harvard Law School (2003)
- Stoppage in Transit, Fudan Civil and Commercial Law Review, Vol: 1, Law Press, Beijing, 2002
- The Principle of Privity of Contract and Its Amendment, Contemporary Law Study, No.1, 2000
Additional Information
- Languages: Chinese (Native), English