Program of the 15th PECC General Meeting

Focus Workshop on Trade

1 September 2003, Room J-3

International Convention Centre, Brunei Darussalam

 
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 10:45 Session 1: State of World Trading System
  • Moderator:  Robert Scollay (Trade Forum Coordinator)
    Introductory Remarks on State of World Trading System
  • Bijit Bora (World Trade Organization)
    Overview of Developments in DDA: Cancun and Beyond
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 Session 2: New Regional Integration Initiatives in the Asia-Pacific: Trade and Finance Dimensions (joint Session with Finance Forum)
  • Moderators: 
    • Soogil Young (Finance Forum Coordinator)
    • Robert Scollay (Trade Forum Coordinator)
Introductory Presentations:
  • Soogil Young (Kim & Chang Law Offices, Seoul)
    Overview of Monetary Integration Initiatives in the Asia-Pacific
  • Robert Scollay (University of Auckland)
    Overview of RTA Developments in the Asia-Pacific
  • Yunjong Wang (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
    Issues in the Relation Between Trade and Monetary Integration
Regional Perspectives:
  • Northeast Asia
    • Huang Weiping (Renmin University of China)
    • Eiji Ogawa (Hitotsubashi University
  • United States
    • Charles Morrison (East West Center)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
Launch of World Bank's Global Economic Report 2004 : "Realizing The Promise of the Doha Agenda
  • Chair: Christopher Findlay (PECC Coordinating Group Chair)
  • Presentation: Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (World Bank)
14:30 - 16:00 Session 3: WTO and APEC Issues:  Services Competition and Trade Facilitation
  • Moderator: Mari Pangestu (Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta)
  • John Ure (University of Hong Kong)
    Services Liberalization and Competition Issues in the Telecom Sector: A Business Perspective
16:00 - 16:15 Tea Break
16:15 - 18:00 Session 4:  RTA and The Road to Bogor
  • Moderator:  Fernando Gonzalez Vigil (Universidad del Pacifico)
  • Timothy Ong (Asia-Inc. Forum)
    Business Perspective on East Asian Regional Economic Integration