Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

Opening Address:

Linkages Between Prospects for Multilateral and Regional Liberalization

Chair: Pehin Lim Jock Seng; PECC Chair

Speaker:

• Fred Bergsten; IIE

Overview: State of Play on RTA Development in the Asia Pacific Region and PECC's Response: Survey of Empirical Studies

• Rob Scollay; Trade Forum Coordinator
   State of Play on RTA Development and PECC’s Response; Survey of Empirical Studies (21.53 kB)
  

Strategies for Managing the Consequences of a Proliferation of RTAs and Encouraging Convergence Toward Regional and Global Liberalization and Integration Objectives

Chair: Yuen Pau Woo;  CANCPEC Chair

Speakers:

• Christopher Findlay; The Australia National University
   Trading with Favorites: Risks, Motives and Implications of FTAs in the Asia-Pacific (54.43 kB)
  

• Soogil Young; Kim & Chang, Korea
   Strategy for Coping with a Proliferation of RTAs and Encouraging Convergence (25.41 kB)
  

• Soamiely Andriamananjara; USITC
   On the Relationship between Preferential Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System (13.62 kB)
   On the Relationship between Preferential Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System (128.1 kB)
  

• Fernando Gonzalez Vigil; University of the Pacific, Peru
   Proliferation and Convergence of RTAs in the Latin America (182.59 kB)
  

• Mari Pangestu; CSIS, Indonesia
   Responding to Regionalism: Towards a Common ASEAN Vision (141.53 kB)
  

Key Issues in the Evolution of RTAs within Multilateral and Wider Regional Trading Systems

Chair: Antoni Estevadeordal; IADB

(1) Treatment of "Sensitive Items" (Especially Agriculture) in RTAs and Links to WTO Rules, Disciplines, and Negotiations

• Marcos Jank; University of Sao Paulo
   Agricultural Liberalization in Multilateral and Regional Trade Negotiations (283.43 kB)
   Treatment of “Sensitive Items” in RTAs and links to WTO rules, disciplines and negotiations (153 kB)
  

• Rob Scollay; University of Auckland
   Treatment of Sensitive Issues in RTAs: The Case of Agriculture (15.64 kB)
  

• Ernesto Tironi; Universidad de Chile
   A Comparison of Chile’s FTAs with the EU, the US and Korea in Agricultural Goods (19.69 kB)
  

(2) Issues in the Treatment of Investment in Regional Agreements: Analytical Issues and Comparative Perspectives

• Christian Daude; University of Maryland
   The FTAA and the location of foreign direct investment (524.11 kB)
   The Effects of Regional Integration Agreements on FDI (121.31 kB)
  

• Maryse Robert; OAS
  
  

• Myrna Austria; De Lasalle University

• Mari Pangestu; CSIS, Indonesia

Open Forum

Chair: Yuen Pau Woo; Asia Pacific Foundation, Canada

Invited Address:

Chair: Rob Scollay; University of Auckland

Current State of Play in the DDA and Relations to the US Trade Policy Environment

• Jeffrey Schott; IIE

Market Access Negotiation: Current State of Play from a Developing Country Perspective

• Will Martin; World Bank
   Changing Trade Patterns and Implications for Market Access Negotiations (837.39 kB)
  

Services Trade in the WTO: State of Play and Prospects for Progress

Chair: Peter Petri; Brandais University

Speakers:

•  Harry Freeman; Mark Twain Institute

• Sherry Stephenson; OAS
  

• Dick Self; Nathan Associates Inc

• Catherine Mann; IIE

• Christopher Findlay; The Australian National University

A Proposal for Progress in WTO Negotiations on Agriculture

Chair: Myrna Austria; De Lasalle University

Speakers:

• Ippei Yamazawa; Waseda University 
   PECC Position on Agriculture Negotiation (85.49 kB)
  

• Gary Blumenthal; World Perspectives
  

• Marcos Jank; University of Sao Paulo

• John Nash; World Bank
   A Proposal for Progress in WTO Agriculture Negotiations (58.23 kB)