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Articles

• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Science and Risk Analysis in CPTPP/SPS-plus: Role Model or Unbearable Burden,” 15 (2) Journal of Food Law and Policy 22-47 (2019).
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Legal Aspects (Barriers) of Granting Compulsory Licenses for Clean Technologies in Light of WTO/TRIPS Rules: Promise or Mirage?” 14 (4) World Trade Review 701-719 (2015). (SSCI)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Does Science Speak Clearly and Fairly in Trade and Food Safety Disputes? The Search for an Optimal Response of WTO Adjudication to Problematic International Standard-Making,” 68 Food and Drug Law Journal 97-114 (2013). (SSCI)
• Huai-Chi Cheng and Kuei-Jung Ni, “The Boundary of a WTO Member’s Obligation to Comply with Art. 31(f) of the TRIPS Agreement: A Critical Review of Granting Compulsory License on Philips’ CD-R Patents by Taiwan, 43(8) IIC: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 885-901 (2012). (SSCI)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Traditional Knowledge and Global Lawmaking,” 10 (2) Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights 85-118 (2011). (Westlaw)
• Marina Tsikun and Kuei-Jung Ni, “Using Licensing Contracts to Protect Holders of Traditional Knowledge Related to Genetic Resources: A Reflection on ICBG Projects,” 42(3) IIC: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 299-315 (2011). (SSCI)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “The Competence of a WTO Member in Determining the Grounds for Compulsory Licensing: The Compatibility of the Ground for Triggering Compulsory Licensing on Philips’ CD-R Patents with the TRIPS Agreement in Light of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties,” 39(3) National Taiwan University Law Journal 369-434 (2010).(TSSCI)(in Chinese)
• Hui-Chih Chen and Kuei-Jung Ni, “An Analysis of the WTO Panel Ruling on GMO Disputes: Focusing on the Interpretation and Application of Articles 2.2, 5.1 and 5.7 of the SPS Agreement,” 6(2) Journal of International Biotechnology Law 45-60 (2009).
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Legal Aspects of Prior Informed Consent on Access to Genetic Resources: An Analysis of Global Lawmaking and Local Implementation toward an Optimal Normative Construction,” 42 (1) Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 227-78 (2009).(Westlaw)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “The Teaching and Studying of International Intellectual Property Law,” 4 Taiwan International Law Quarterly 63-86 (2007). (in Chinese)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Third-Party Countermeasures for Enforcing International Common Environmental Interests: the Inspiration and Implication of the ILC’s Articles on State Responsibility,” 22 Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs 1-47 (2006).(Westlaw)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “The Incorporation of the CBD Mandate on Access and Benefit-sharing into TRIPS Regime: An Appraisal on the Appeal of Developing Countries with Rich Genetic Resources” 1(2) Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy 433-463 (2006). (SSCI)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “The Development of Bio-technology & Transnational Law,” in C.V. Chen & I. J. Mar (ed.), Knowing Transnational Law, 109-118, Taipei: The Chinese Society of International Law, 2004. (in Chinese)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Redefinition and Elaboration of an Obligation to Pursue International Negotiations for Solving Global Environmental Problems in Light of the WTO Shrimp/Turtle Compliance Adjudication between Malaysia and the U.S”, 14(1) Minnesota Journal of Global Trade 111-139 (2004).
• Kuei-Jung Ni, Hsini-Yi Cheng, “National Health and WTO Rules: Focusing on the Study of the Blood Self-sufficiency Policy Promoted by Our Country,” 1 Technology Law Review 345-395 (2004). (in Chinese)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “The Conflict and Reconciliation between TRIPS and CBD,” 17 Newsletter of Biotechnology and Law 2-31 (2003). (in Chinese)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “The Development on the Issue of Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health in the WTO,” 31 SocioEconomic Law and Institution Review 129-158 (2003). (in Chinese)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “An Examination on the Application and Development of Precautionary Principle in light of the WTO Hormones case,” 41(6) Issues & Studies 61-80 (2002). (in Chinese) (TSSCI)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “The Status of Taiwan in International Environmental Law,” 31 (2) National Taiwan University Law Journal 97-130 (2002). (TSSCI)
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Contemporary Prospects for the Application of Principle 12 of the Rio Declaration,” 14(1) Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 1-33 (2001).
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Trade and the Environment: a hypothetic study on the legality of the Pelly environmental trade sanctions against Taiwan in the light of the recent WTO jurisprudence over environmental measures,” in C. H. Yang (ed.), The New Economic and Trade Era for Taiwan under the WTO Rules, 201-316, Taipei: Angle, 2001.
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “The National Park vs. Indigenous Peoples—the Yami’s Practice in the ROC on Taiwan,” 9 (2) Soochow Law Review 45-76 (1996).

Books

• Food Safety and International Trade: balancing trade liberalization and health risk governance, Taipei: Angle,(in Chinese mainly)
• Trade, Environment and Public Health: The Reconciliation between Global Governance and Local Demand, Taipei: Angle, 2006.(in Chinese mainly)

Edited Books

• Food Safety and Judicial Remedies, Taipei: Angle, 2020.(in Chinese)
• Choices of Eating (co-eds with Mei-Lien Chen et al.), Hsin Chu: National Chiao Tung University Press, (in Chinese)
• Science and Technology in International Economic Law: balancing competing interests (co-eds with Bryan Mercurio), Oxford: Routledge, 2014.

Book Chapters

• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Retrospect and Prospect of the Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Mainland China and Taiwan,” in Regional Cooperation and Free Trade Agreements in Asia, 15-31 (Jiaxing Hu and Matthias Vanhullebusch eds., Leiden: Brill, 2014).
• Kuei-Jung Ni, “Does Science Speak Clearly and Fairly in Trade and Food Safety Disputes? The Search for an Optimal Response of WTO Adjudication to Problematic International Standard-Making,” in Science and Technology in International Economic Law: Balancing Competing Interests, 30-52 (Bryan Mercurio and Kuei-Jung Ni eds., Oxford: Routledge, 2014).

Edited Books

• FOOD SAFETY AND JUDICIAL REMEDIES, TAIPEI: ANGLE, 2020.(in Chinese)
• CHOICES OF EATING (CO-EDS WITH MEI-LIEN CHEN ET AL.), HSIN CHU: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2017. (in Chinese)
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW: BALANCING COMPETING INTERESTS (CO-EDS WITH BRYAN MERCURIO), OXFORD: ROUTLEDGE, 2014.

Conference Presentations

• Kuei-Jung Ni (2019/05/10), “The U.S. Approach on Phasing out Certain Antibiotics in Food Animals: Tango between Precaution and Cost-benefit Analysis?”at 2019 International Conference on Food Law and Policy: Food Safety and Technology Governance, National Chiao Tung University, School of Law, Taipei, Taiwan, May 10-11, 2019.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2018/05/12), “Food Risk Analysis in SPS plus: (CP)TPP’s approach and impact,”at 2018 Asia-Pacific Symposium ofAgriculture and Food Ethics (APSafe) Conference, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 12, 2018.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2017/05/26), “The Legalization of Risk Assessment on Food Safety,” at 2017 Joint Assembly of Taichung Forum on Smart City & Risk Governance and the Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Chapter of Society for Risk Analysis, Taichung, Taiwan, May 26, 2017.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2016/12/05), “TPP and Food Risk Analysis: facing the SPS plus,” at International Economic Law Works-in-Progress Workshop, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law together with National Chiao Tung University, School of Law, Hong Kong, December 5, 2016.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2016/8/16), “Legal Aspects (Barriers) of Granting Compulsory Licenses for Clean Technologies in Light of WTO/TRIPS Rules: Promise or Mirage?”at 6th International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics (ISECM) – towards a big picture, the North Sea Conference & Journal, Inverness, Scotland, UK, August 16, 2016.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2014/06/07), “FDA Approach on Phasing out Certain Antibiotic Use in Food Animals: Promise and Problems,” at 37th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, UC Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, California, USA, June 7, 2014.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2014/02/21), “FDA and Uncertain Health Risks: Regulating Veterinary Drugs in Feeding Food Animals,” at Conference on New Directions for Food Safety: The Food Safety Modernization Act and Beyond, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Feb. 21, 2014.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2013/12/14), “Retrospect and Prospect of the Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Mainland China and Taiwan,”at Symposium on Regional Cooperation and Free Trade Agreements in Asia, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Dec. 14, 2013.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2013/06/14), “Legal Aspects (Barriers) of Applying Compulsory Licenses on Clean Technologies,”at International Symposium on Trade, Technology, and Business Law, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University & Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Taipei, Taiwan, June 14, 2013.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2011/11/01), “Did Science Speak Clear and Fair in the Trade and Food Safety Dispute? Decent Response of the WTO Adjudication to Indecent International Standard-Making of Science,” at International Conference on Trade, Science, Technology, and Justice, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, Nov. 1, 2011.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2007/06/29), “International Law-Making on Traditional Knowledge: A Useful Vehicle or an Empty Box,” at International Conference on “Culture Diversity under International Trade Regime: Policy and Practices”, Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 28-29, 2007.
• Warren H. J. Kuo, Jau-Hwa Chen, Ming-Yan Shieh, Chung-Hsi Lee and Kuei-Jung Ni (2006/12/12), “Legalizing the Acquisition of Genetic Resources in Chinese Taipei: A Proposal,” at The 2006 APEC-ATCWG Workshop on Interaction of CBD and TRIPs Related Issues on the Plant Genetic Resources, , Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 11-16, 2006.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2006/05/10), “The Use of Prior Informed Consent to Ensure a Fair and Equitable Access to Genetic Resources: A Comparative Study and Taiwan’s Response,” at Symposium on Survey and Research on Genomic Orientation in Taiwan, Center for Survey and Research, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, May 10, 2006.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2005/07/09), “The Incorporation of the CBD Mandate on Access and Benefit-sharing into TRIPS Regime: A Preliminary Appraisal on the Appeal of Asian Genetically Rich Countries,” at International Conference on “Policy and Law Aspects of Asia and WTO: Challenges and Opportunities”, WTO Research Center, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, July 8-9, 2005.
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2004/12/19), “Third-Party Countermeasures for Enforcing International Common Environmental Interests: the Inspiration and Implications of the ILC’s Articles on State Responsibility,” at 2004 Symposium on Transnational Law, Chinese Society of International Law-Chinese (Taiwan) Branch of International Law Association, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 19,
• Kuei-Jung Ni (2000/6/19), “The Status of Taiwan in International Environmental Law”, at The Sixth Annual Conference of the North American Taiwan Studies Association, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

• Ph.D in law, University of Edinburgh, School of Law, 2000.
• LL.M, University of California at Berkeley, School of Law, 1995.
• LL.M, National Taiwan Ocean University, Institute of the Law of the Sea, 1992.
• LL.B, National Taiwan University, College of Law, 1986.

WTO Law, Seminar on Biotechnology and Transnational Law, Seminar on Trade and Environment, Law of Contract, Public International Law

Present Positions

— Professor of Law, Institute of Technology Law, School of Law, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), since 2010.

— Director, Center for Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transnational Trade Laws, School of Law, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, since 2016.

— Rosters of Arbitrators, Agreement between Singapore and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu on Economic Partnership (ASTEP), since 2015.

— Indicative list of Panelists, WTO Dispute Settlement Body, since 2011.

— Peer Reviewer, Law Research Area, National Science Council, since 2012.

— Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, Working Group on Trade and Environment; Working Group on Technical Barriers to Trade, since 2001.

Other Professional Activities

— Independent contributor for the on-line course—“Food Laws and Regulations”, the Institute for Food Laws and Regulations at Michigan State University, USA since 2019.

— Organizing & Hosting “NCTU & Lee and Li Foundation Academic Forum,” Taipei, Taiwan since 2018.

— Organizing & Hosting “Annual Conference on Food Law and Policy,” Taipei, Taiwan since 2016.

— Lecturing on “Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between China and Taiwan and its Current Developments,” April 23, 2014, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, USA.

— Organizing & Hosting “International Symposium on Trade, Technology, and Business Law,” June 14, 2013, Taipei, Taiwan.

— Organizing & Hosting “Symposium on International Economic Law: New Issues and Challenges,” at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Hsin Chu, Dec. 3, 2012.

— Speaking on “Legal aspects (barriers) of applying compulsory licensing on green technologies” at a Joint-workshop on ‘Technology, Energy and International Economic Law,’ at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, Sep. 28, 2012.

— Organizing & Hosting “International Conference on Trade, Science, Technology, and Justice,” at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Hsin Chu, Nov. 1-2, 2011.

— Attending a Workshop on Non-Commercial Access and Benefit Sharing in Non-Commercial Biodiversity Research, in Bonn, Germany, Nov. 16-20 2008; Co-authored for a paper (UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/8/INF/6, 9 November 2009) submitted to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Experience

Visiting Scholar, University of Melbourne, School of Law, 2020

— Acting Dean, School of Law, National Chiao Tung University, 2018-2019

— Member, Advisory Committee on Genetically Modified Food, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2015-2018.

— Visiting Scholar, The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School, 2013-2014.

— Director, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University, 2011-2013.

— Visiting Scholar, University of Edinburgh, School of Law, 2007; University of California, at Berkeley, Boalt School of Law, 2005; Yale Law School, 1996.

— Acting Director, National Chiao Tung University, Institute of Technology Law, 2006 (1-6).

— Executive Editor, Board of Editors of the Technology Law Review, 2004-2005.

— External Advisor, WTO Research Center, College of Law, National Taiwan University, since 2003.

— Executive Secretary, Committee on Regulations and Codes, National Chiao Tung University, 2002-2005.

— Member, Council of Agriculture of Taiwan, Project of Drafting Genetic Resources Law Legal Team, 2005.

— Legal Advisor, Delegation of Taiwan to the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment, since 2002.

— Legal Expert, Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Economic Affairs; Taiwan Trade Negotiations Office; Taiwan Intellectual Property Office; Environmental Protection Administration; Taiwan Food & Drug Agency etc., since 2001.

— Judge, Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Taiwan Round), since 2001.

— Associate Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Institute of Technology Law, 2004-2010.

— Assistant Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Institute of Technology Law, 2000-2004.

— Reporter on Taiwan’s Practice on International Environmental Law, Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law, 2002.

— Speaker and Lecturer, Environment Protection Administration, Seminar on WTO Course, 2002.

— Congressional Aide, Legislative Yuan (The Congress of the Republic of China), 1994.