Taimoon Stewart, Ph.D.

Honorary Research Fellow

Focus:

Competition Law and Policy, Trade and the Environment Trade-Related Intellectual Property, Global Economic and Trade Development Issues, International Trade, International Trade Policy and International Economics

Email:

taimoonstewart@gmail.com

Tel:

1-345-939-5510

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Bio

Current Position:

Associate Senior Lecturer
SALISES, St. Augustine

Specialisation:

Competition Law and Policy, Trade and the Environment Trade-Related Intellectual Property, Global Economic and Trade Development Issues , International Trade, International Trade Policy and International Economics

Dr. Taimoon Stewart is a Consultant in International Trade and Competition Law and Policy with a PhD. in International Relations from the University of the West Indies (UWI). She is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mona Campus, The University of the West Indies. She currently teaches an elective in Competition Law in a Globalized Economy in the LLM programme in the Faculty of Law. She also an elective in Competition Law and International Trade in the MSc in International Trade Policy and Law, at the Shridath Ramphal Centre for Trade Policy and Law, both at the Cave Hill Campus of UWI. she has conducted many capacity building workshops in the region, funded by the European Union, together with leading international experts in the field of competition law. She has published widely in the discipline of competition law. Dr Stewart’s research focuses on the relevance for developing countries, and small islands states in particular, of laws developed in mature economies, and the need to tailor the laws to the economic realities in particular states. She has also published in the disciplines of international trade, intellectual property, and trade and environment issues.

Academic Profile

She was a Senior Fellow at SALISES until she retired in 2006. She currently teaches an elective in Trade Policy and Competition Law in the Masters programmes at the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Policy and Law, and an elective in Competition Law in a Global Economy in the LLM programme in the Faculty of Law at the on the Cave Hill Campus. She is currently developing a Post Graduate Programme in Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law to be delivered through e-learning to working professionals in the region.

Education

Post Graduate

1. Ph.D. International Relations. The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. October 1993.

2. Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations. The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, August 1987. Honours Achieved.

Undergraduate
B.A. Special Hons. History (Second Class Hons.). The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 1969.

In addition, she has undergone training in Intellectual Property, Environment Economics, EU Competition, Law, and Negotiation Skills.

Publications

Books:

1. Stewart, Taimoon & Pradeep Metha, Should Competition Policy and Law be Blind to Equity? The Great Debate. CUTS International: Jaipur, India. 2013.

2. Stewart, Taimoon, Julian Clarke and Susan Joekes. Competition Law in Action: Experiences from Developing Countries. Ottawa: IDRC, May 2007.

3. Competition Issues in Selected CARICOM Countries: An Empirical Examination. SALISES, UWI. March 2004. (218 pgs.) (Final report on Project funded by DFID and IDRC which involved empirical work on the development dimensions of competition policy in six CARICOM economies (The Bahamas, Belize, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago). Special emphasis was placed on identifying peculiarities of small open economies when applying a competition regime).

Chapters in Books

4. “Regional Integration in the Caribbean: the role of competition policy.” In Competition Policy and Regional Integration in Developing Countries. 2012. Edited by Josef Drexl et al. UK:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Pgs. 161-184.

5. “The Caribbean Community in Trade and Environment Negotiations. In Envisioning a Sustainable Development Agenda for Trade and Environment.” 2007. Edited by Adil Najam, Mark Halle, and Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz. NY: Palgrave Macmillan. Pgs. 159-178.

6. Evaluaciớn de la relevancia de las leyes de competencia en países pequeňos. El Caso del Caricom. In Condiciones y Políticas de Competencia: Economías Pequeňas de Centroamérica y El Caribe. 2006. Edited by Claudia Schatan and Marcos Avalos, Pgs. 331-389.

7. Special Cooperation provisions on competition law and policy: The case of small economies (CARICOM). In Competition Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements: How to Assure Development Gains. Ed. Philippe Brusick et. al. New York and Geneva: United Nations, 2005.

Papers:

8. “Is Flexibility Needed when Designing Competition Law for Small Open Economies? A View from the Caribbean.” Journal of World Trade Vol. 38 No. 4 August 2004.

9. The Unethical Conduct of Multinational Corporations in International Trade: The Case of International Cartels. In Governance in the Globalized World. Edited by Kenneth Hall and Dennis Benn. Ian Randle Publishers. 2003.

10. Debt and Resurrection: Prognosis for the Periphery in the Twenty-first Century." In The World-System in the 21st Century: Systemic Crises and Anti-systemic Resistance. Ed. Wilma Dunaway. Greenwood Press, 2003..

11. “The Fate of Competition Policy at Cancun.” Legal Issues of Economic Integration 31(1):7-11, 2004.

12. Developing and Implementing a Competition Regime: Challenges Faced by Small Open Economies." Boletim Latinoamericano de Concorrencia (December 2000). Published by DG IV of the European Commission, Brussels).(5 pages)

13. The Functioning of Patent Monopoly Rights in Developing Economies: In Whose Interest?" Social and Economic Studies 49:1 (March 2000).(52 pages)

14. "The United States Embargo on Shrimp Imports: Legal and Economic Considerations." Environment and Development Economics (Cambridge University Press), Vol. 3.2, July 1998:197-219(22pgs.).

15. "Demystifying the Third World Debt Crisis: A Long Waves Perspective." Review of Fernand Brandel Center, Vol. XVI. No.2, (Spring) 1993: 117-171. (New York State University at Binghamton)(54pgs.).

Selected Relevant Papers Presented at Conferences

1. “Regional Integration and Competition Policy in CARICOM.” Presented at the Workshop on Regional Integration and Competition Policy in Developing Countries, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich, Germany ( July 11-13, 2010).

2. “An Enquiry into the Informal Sector in Jamaica and its Impact on Competition, Competitiveness and Anti-trust Enforcement.” Presented at the OECD Global Forum on Competition, February 19-20, 2009.

3. “Challenges Faced by Developing Countries in Introducing and Implementing Competition Law.” Panel on “Competition Policy at the Service of Development.” Presented at The International Economic Forum of the Americas: Conference of Montreal. Succeeding through Uncertainty: From Risk Evaluation to Strategic Decision. Montreal, 18-21 June, 2007.

4. “Market Contestability and the Role of a Competition Commission.” Presented at the High Level Symposium on the CSME mandated by CARICOM Heads of Governments. Barbados, July 29-30th, 2006.

5. “Enhancing Development through the Enforcement of Competition Law: Relevance for CARICOM Countries.” Presented at Seminar on Competition Policy and Regulation in the Context of Trade Liberalization. Organized by UNECLAC, Mexico City, 8-10 March, 2006.

6. “Competition Issues in CARICOM countries: The Need for Competition Law in Small Economies.” Presented at the Shirley Playfair Annual Forum organized by the Jamaican Fair Trading Commission. September 9th, 2005.

7. “Flexibility and Progressivity as Underpinnings of a Multilateral Framework on Competition Policy.” Presented at the WTO Symposium on Trade and Competition Policy: Looking Ahead to Cancun. February 22, 2003. WTO, Geneva. Presented also at the WTO CARICOM Regional Workshop on Trade and Competition, Kingston 2-4 April, 2003.

8. "Challenges in Developing a Competition Regime in CARICOM." Presented at IADB Conference on Competition Policy in Infrastructure Services: Second Generation Issues in the Reform of Public Services, Washington DC, April 23-24, 2001.

Projects

Past Projects: 2015-2017 Capacity Building in the area of Competition Law in CARIFORUM States to enable meeting the commitments in the Competition Chapter of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement. Lead Key Expert, both in the initial and final coordination of key experts in other areas of the Project (Customs and Trade Facilitation, and Public Procurement) and in the Competition law segment. The project covered all CARIFORUM States, targeting staff of competition commissions, senior public officials, and the Judiciary. The programme was designed at three levels of complexity:
- a general sensitization one day delivery for wider stakeholders;
- an intermediate technical level week long programme for practitioners delivered through 4 workshops in the region combining countries (35 hours of face to face training);
- targeted training of the Judiciary; and finally
- a semester long advanced post graduate course in competition law delivered on-line through the University of the West Indies.
Produced all the training and assessment materials for all level of courses, with content spanning the substance of competition law, with reference to national laws in the region and US and EU law, and using cases from the US, EU, South Africa and other developing countries, and local experiences. Curent trends in enforcement of competition law was included. Additionally, training in institutional building, and the importance of, and techniques of advocacy was covered.

Delivered all intermediate level training of public officials and staff of competition commissions

Post Graduate Course in the Economics of Competition Law: Designed training and assessment materials, developed the Moodle webpage, and uploaded all the documents. Collaborated with Professor Frederic Jenny (Chairman of the OECD Committee on Competition and former Supreme Court Judge in France) who undertook the training of the Judiciary and jointly delivered the advanced post graduate programme on the Economics of Competition Law.

Lead Key Expert: Conceptualized and designed a capacity building programme for officials of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Judiciary in the OECS (2016). Advanced training of officials in competition law and focus on practical application of competition law. Delivered along with Professors Frederic Jenny and Simon Roberts.

Conducted an empirical examination of competition Issues in six CARICOM countries (SALISES project) 2003-2004.

Graduate Studies

Supervised PhD thesis at Institute of International Relations (2005). Internal Examiner for several MSc Theses at IIR. External Examiner for PhD thesis at LSE (2016)

Courses Taught

Competition Law and Trade Policy (MSc elective) at SRC, Cave Hill Campus
Competition Law in a Globalized Economy, LLM elective at Law Faculty, Cave Hill.

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