UM and United Nations to hold int’l trade law event

The University of Macau (UM) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) will hold a joint conference on international trade law tomorrow and Wednesday at the World Trade Center Macau.

The 2016 UNCITRAL Emergence Conference on “Regional Perspectives on Contemporary and Future Harmonization Agenda in International Trade Law” will host nearly 40 experts and scholars from Australia, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Japan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, the United States, mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

According to a statement from UM, attendees will discuss contemporary and emerging issues in international trade law and commercial law.

On the agenda are topics such as “Development of the digital economy: New ways of doing business domestically and cross-border,” “Enhancing global supply chains by reducing legal obstacles,” “Contemporary and emerging issues related to finance and investment,” “Emerging legal issues in the commercial exploitation of deep seabed, space and artificial intelligence,” and “Rule of law and access to justice in the context of climate change, finance and investment.”

The conference is a precursor to a UNCITRAL congress on modernizing international trade law, which will be held in July 2017 in Vienna, Austria.

This year’s event is supported by the World Trade Center Macau, the International Chamber of Commerce – International Court of Arbitration Asia and the Asian Business Law Institute.

UNCITRAL is the United Nations’ core legal body specializing in international trade law. Its mission is to modernize and harmonize the rules of global business.