On 28th – 29th September 2023, the DCU Brexit Institute hosted an online conference, constituting the book workshop preliminary to the publication of Federico Fabbrini (ed), “The Law & Politics of Brexit. Volume 5. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement” (forthcoming with Oxford University Press), the fifth edition of the Law & Politics of Brexit series.
Thursday 28th September (from 13:00 to 17:00, Dublin time)
13:00-15:00 Panel I: Context and Challenges
Chair: Derek Hand (Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dublin City University)
– The world’s economy: Rising inflation and de-globalization, Harold James (Princeton)
– The Windsor Framework: Northern Ireland and the rebuilding of EU-UK trust, Billy Melo Araujo (Queen’s University Belfast)
– Fair competition and adjudication, Andrea Biondi (King’s College)
15:30-18:30 Panel II: Free Trade Agreement
Chair: Sharon O’Brien (Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dublin City University)
– Services, investments & public procurement, Pinar Artiran (Istanbul Bilgi University)
– Capital movements and IP, Mariela de Amstalden (University of Exeter)
– Goods, customs and rules of origin, Niall Moran (DCU)
– Health, environment, energy and cyber, Elaine Fahey (City, University of London)
Friday 29th September (from 9:00 to 11:00 Dublin time)
9:00-10:00 Panel III: Other Economic Cooperation Provisions
Chair: Christy Ann Petit (Assistant Professor, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University)
– Fisheries, Graham Butler (University of Southern Denmark)
– Aviation and road-transport, Adam Lazowski (University of Westminster)
10:30-11:30 Panel IV: Process and Prospects
Chair: Niall Moran (Assistant Professor, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University)
– Regulatory cooperation, social security coordination, and participation in Union programmes, Christy Petit (DCU)
– Review and reform: options for deepening EU-UK cooperation in a renewed Europe, Federico Fabbrini (DCU)
The final programme of the event is available here.
The recording of the event is available to browse here (Day 1) and here (Day 2).
The event report is available here.