PIL Hub: ‘Trump Tariffs on Asia, with a focus on China’

The PIL hub lunch-time seminar series aims to provide an opportunity to discuss and debate leading research on contemporary, theoretical and historical issues of international law.

On 5th March 2026, Professor Henry Gao will present a talk titled ‘Trump Tariffs on Asia, with a focus on China.’  This session will take place in Moot Court Room, please see venue information below.

Henry Gao is a Professor of Law at Singapore Management University and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Holding law degrees from three continents, he began his career as the first Chinese lawyer at the WTO Secretariat. Before relocating to Singapore in 2007, he taught law at the University of Hong Kong, where he served as Deputy Director of the East Asian International Economic Law and Policy Program and Academic Coordinator for the first Asia-Pacific Regional Trade Policy Course organised by the WTO.

This event is open to all and will be on a first-come-first-serve basis.

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