From the GATT to the WTO

I was fortunate to start working in the Legal Affairs Division (LAD) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) on 11 September 1994, at a very exciting time in the history of the GATT. I was thirty-four years old, and was brought in as junior professional. My post-doctorate dream of working in the GATT legal service was coming true – thanks to Frieder Roessler, who hired me notwithstanding some resistance from senior management because I was the third Canadian out of four staff in LAD.