0830 - 0900

Registration

0900 - 1045

Session 1: State of World Trading System

Introductory Remarks on State of World Trading System

Moderator:  Robert Scollay (Trade Forum Coordinator)

Overview of Developments in DDA: Cancun and Beyond

• Bijit Bora (World Trade Organization)

Business Perspective on the Doha Round

• Jean Pierre Lehman (Institute for Management Development)
  default default Global and Domestic Governance and the Challenges of Peace and Prosperity in the 21st Century (105.3 kB) (105 KB)

Implications of the End of the Multifibre Agreement

• Willy Lin (Hong Kong Knitwear Exporters and Manufacturers Association)
  default default Implications of the end of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (82.71 kB) (82 KB)
  default default Implications of the end of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ppt) (747.17 kB) (747 KB)

PECC Agriculture Proposal

• Ippei Yamazawa (Waseda University) 
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Business Perspective on WTO Agriculture Negotiations

• Robert McRae (Cargill Asia Pacific)
  default default The Role of Agriculture in the World Trading System (28.88 kB) (28 KB)

WTO Agriculture Negotiations

Discussants:

• • Bruce Huff (Huff and Associates)
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  • Wen Tiejun (China Society of Restructuring Economic System)
    

1045 - 1100

Coffee Break

1100 - 1300

Session 2: New Regional Integration Initiatives in the Asia-Pacific: Trade and Finance Dimensions (joint Session with Finance Forum)

Moderators: 

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  • Soogil Young (Finance Forum Coordinator)
  • Robert Scollay (Trade Forum Coordinator)

Introductory Presentations:

Overview of Monetary Integration Initiatives in the Asia-Pacific

• Soogil Young (Kim & Chang Law Offices, Seoul)
  

Overview of RTA Developments in the Asia-Pacific

• Robert Scollay (University of Auckland)
  default default RTA Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region: State of Play (52.4 kB) (52 KB)

Issues in the Relation Between Trade and Monetary Integration

• Yunjong Wang (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
  

Regional Perspectives:

ASEAN:

Regional Integration Initiatives in the Asia Pacific: Trade and Finance Dimensions

• Hadi Soesastro (Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta)
  default default Regional Integration Initiatives in the Asia-Pacific: Trade and Finance Dimensions (56.83 kB) (56 KB)

• Chia Siow Yue (Singapore Institute of International Affairs)
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Northeast Asia:

• Huang Weiping (Renmin University of China)
• Eiji Ogawa (Hitotsubashi University)

United States:

• Charles Morrison (East West Center)

Latin America

• Fernando Gonzalez Vigil (Universidad del Pacifico)
  default default Recent RTA Developments in the Americas: A Latin American Perspective (147.6 kB) (147 KB)

1300 - 1430

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)

1430 - 1600

Services Liberalization and Competition Issues in the Telecom Sector: A Business Perspective

• John Ure (University of Hong Kong)
    default default Trade in Telecoms (122.2 kB) (122 KB)

Trade Facilitation: A Case Study

• Joy Abrenica (University of the Philippines)
  default default Meeting the Shanghai Accord on 5% Transaction Cost Reduction (168.86 kB) (168 KB)

Trade Facilitation From A Business Perspective: Issues and Ways Forward

• Hidehiro Okayama (Japan Chamber of Commerce)
  default default Trade Facilitation and Security (71 kB) (70 KB)
  default default Trade Facilitation and Security (ppt) (215.54 kB) (215 KB)

1600 - 1615

Tea Break

1615 - 1800

Session 4:  RTA and The Road to Bogor

• Moderator:  Fernando Gonzalez Vigil (Universidad del Pacifico)

RTAs, The Road to Bogor, and the Multilateral Trading System

• Narongchai Akrasanee (Thailand Deputy Prime Minister's office)
  default default RTAs, The Road to Bogor, and the Multilateral Trading System (73.23 kB) (73 KB)

Business Perspective on East Asian Regional Economic Integration

• Timothy Ong (Asia-Inc. Forum)

Rules of Origin in RTAs: Is There A "Spaghetti Bowl" Problem?

• Djisman Simandjuntak (Management School, Prasetya Mulya)
    default default Rules of Origin and Trade Policy (44.04 kB) (44 KB)

Business Perspective on Rules of Origin in SIngapore FTAs

• Edmund Leow (Baker & McKenzie, Singapore)
  default default Business Perspective Rules of Origin in Singapore’s Concluded Free Trade Agreements (99.77 kB) (99 KB) default
  

Proposals for an APEC Common Understanding on RTA

• Robert Scollay (University of Auckland)
  default default Proposals for an APEC Common Understanding on RTAS (86.02 kB) (86 KB)
  default default Asia Pacific RTAs as Avenues for Achieving APEC’s Bogor Goals (160.66 kB) (160 KB)
  default default Asia Pacific RTAs as Avenues for Achieving APEC’s Bogor Goals: Proposal for APEC (81.64 kB) (81 KB)