| 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
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- Bijit Bora (World Trade Organization)
Overview of Developments in DDA: Cancun and Beyond
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- Jean Pierre Lehman (Institute for Management
Development)
Business Perspective on the Doha Round
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- Willy Lin (Hong Kong Knitwear Exporters and
Manufacturers Association)
Implications of the End of the Multifibre Agreement
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- Ippei Yamazawa (Waseda University)
PECC Agriculture Proposal
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- Robert McRae (Cargill Asia Pacific)
Business Perspective on WTO Agriculture Negotiations
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- Discussants:
- Bruce Huff (Huff and Associates)
WTO Agriculture Negotiations
- Wen Tiejun (China Society of Restructuring
Economic System)
WTO Agriculture Negotiations
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| 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)
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| 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
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| Regional Perspectives: |
- ASEAN
- Hadi Soesastro (Centre for Strategic and
International Studies, Jakarta)
- Chia Siow Yue (Singapore Institute of
International Affairs)
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- Northeast Asia
- Huang Weiping (Renmin University of China)
- Eiji Ogawa (Hitotsubashi University
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- United States
- Charles Morrison (East West Center)
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- Latin America
- Fernando Gonzalez Vigil (Universidad del Pacifico)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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- Sherry Stephenson (Organization of American States)
PECC
Perspectives on WTO and APEC Services Agendas
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- Paul Crampton (Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development)
Competition Policy: Cartels as an International
Competition Issue
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- John Ure (University of Hong Kong)
Services Liberalization and Competition Issues in the
Telecom Sector: A Business Perspective
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- Joy Abrenica (University of the Philippines)
Trade Facilitation: A Case Study
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- Hidehiro Okayama (Japan Chamber of Commerce)
Trade Facilitation From A Business Perspective: Issues
and Ways Forward
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| 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)
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- Narongchai Akrasanee (Thailand Deputy Prime
Minister's office)
RTAs,
The Road to Bogor, and the Multilateral Trading System
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- Timothy Ong (Asia-Inc. Forum)
Business Perspective on East Asian Regional Economic
Integration
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- Djisman Simandjuntak (Management School, Prasetya
Mulya)
Rules of Origin in RTAs: Is There A "Spaghetti
Bowl" Problem?
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- Edmund Leow (Baker & McKenzie, Singapore)
Business Perspective on Rules of Origin in SIngapore
FTAs
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- Robert Scollay (University of Auckland)
Proposals for an APEC Common Understanding on RTA
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