About the Authors
CHARLES E. MORRISON
Charles E. Morrison has been president of the East West Center since August 1, 1998. In
September 2005, he was elected international chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation
Council (PECC). He is a founding member of the U.S. Asia Pacific Council, the U.S. National
Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation and a member of the U.S. Committee for
Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific. He is a past chair of the U.S. National Consortium of
APEC Study Centers. A former director of the Center's Program on International Economics
and Politics, he is a former U.S. Senate aide and a research adviser to binational Japan-U.S.
commissions.
He holds a Ph.D. in international relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies.
C. FRED BERGSTEN
C. Fred Bergsten has been director of the Institute for International Economics since its
creation in 1981. Dr. Bergsten was assistant secretary for international affairs of the US
Treasury during 1977–81. He also functioned as undersecretary for monetary affairs during
1980–81, representing the United States on the G-5 Deputies and in preparing G-7 summits.
During 1969–71, starting at age 27, Dr. Bergsten coordinated US foreign economic policy in
the White House as assistant for international economic affairs to Dr. Henry Kissinger at the
National Security Council. He has been a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (1972–
76), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1981), and the Council on Foreign
Relations (1967–68). Dr. Bergsten was chairman of the Eminent Persons Group of the Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum from 1993 to 1995, authoring its three reports
that recommended “free and open trade in the region by 2010 and 2020” as adopted at the
APEC summits in 1993 and 1994.
Dr. Bergsten was a member of the two leading commissions on reform of the international
monetary system: the Independent Task Force on The Future International Financial
Architecture, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations (1999), and the International
Financial Institutions Advisory Commission created by Congress (2000, on which he led the
dissenting minority).
He received MA, MALD, and PhD degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
and a BA magna cum laude and honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Central Methodist
College.
SHUJIRO URATA
Shujiro Urata is Professor of Economics at Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda
University, Research Fellow at Japan Center for Economic Research, and Faculty Fellow at
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo.
He was formerly a Research Associate at the Brookings Institution and an Economist at the
World Bank. He specializes in international economics and economics of development. He
has held a number of research and advisory positions including senior adviser to the
Government of Indonesia, consultant to the World Bank, OECD, the Asian Development
Bank, and the Government of Japan. He is an author or coauthor of numerous articles in
professional journals including The Review of Economics and Statistics, The Journal of Development Economics, The Journal of Comparative Economics, and The Mathematical
Programming Study.
He has also published and edited a number of books on international economic issues in
English and Japanese, including Measuring the Costs of Protection in Japan (1995, Institute
for International Economics) and Asia & Europe: Beyond Competing Regionalism (1998,
Sussex Academic Press), Small Firm Dynamism in East Asia (2002, Kluwer Academic
Publishers), Winning in Asia, Japanese Style: Market and Nonmarket Strategies for Success
(2002, Palgrave), Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia (2003,
Edward Elgar)
He is a graduate of Keio University, and holds MA and Ph.D in economics from Stanford
University.
SHENG BIN
Sheng Bin is a Professor at APEC Study Centre, Nankai University, China and has been
Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Economics since November 2003. He was
formerly a visiting scholar at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark and Helsinki
Business Polytechnic and Seinajoki Polytechnic in Finland. He specializes in international
trade and political economics and has published many books including Political Economy of
APEC Development (2005, Tianjin: The Press of Nankai University) and WTO and
Multilateral Agreement of Investment (2003, Tianjin: Tianjin University Press) and has
published papers in the World Economy, China Economic Quarterly, Pacific Journal and
Economic Research Journal.
In 2004 Professor Sheng was awarded the Research Award by the HuoYingdong Education
Foundation. He has a Ph.D in Economics from Nankai University.
VINOD AGGARWAL
Vinod Aggarwal is a Professor of Political Science at Haas School of Business, serving as the
Chairman of the Political Economy of Industrial Societies Program from 1991- 1994. He is
also the Director of the Berkley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Centre at the
University of Berkley California and is a lifetime member of the Council of Foreign
Relations.
He has previously been a Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
and has been a Research Fellow the Brookings Institution, the East West Center and the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. A consultant to various multinational
corporations, Professor Aggarwal is also a consultant to the Mexican Government, US
Department of Commerce, WTO, OECD and the World Bank.
Having contributed papers to various publications and authoring several books, Professor
Aggarwal’s most recent publication covers bilateral trade agreements in the Asia Pacific. He
is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received his M.A and Ph.D in international
political economy from Stanford University.
SHERRY STEPHENSON
Sherry Stephenson is the Acting Director of the Department of Trade, Tourism and
Competitiveness at the Organization of American States (OAS) and is an active member of
the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council’s trade network.Dr Stephenson previously served as Advisor to the Ministry of Trade, Government of
Indonesia in Jakarta and has held positions within the GATT Secretariat in Geneva and with
the Trade Directorate, OECD in Paris. Also having done consulting work for the World Bank,
Asian Development Bank, APEC and several national governments, Dr Stephenson has taught
at George Mason University and has published many reports on trade policy particularly on
services and standards.
Dr Stephenson has an M.A in Economics from New York University and a Ph.D from the
University of Geneva, Switzerland.
ROBERT SCOLLAY
Robert Scollay is Associate Professor and Director of APEC Study Centre at the University of
Auckland and is an active member of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council’s trade network.
Professor Scollay has also spent time as a visiting scholar at the Institute for International
Economics, UNCTAD in Geneva, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, Bocconi
University, Milan and Universidad del Pacifico in Lima.
Specializing in issues relating to regional trade agreements and regional integration in the
Asia Pacific region, Professor Scollay has done consulting for the World Bank, UNCTAD,
Inter-American Development Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat and the Pacific Islands
Forum.
Professor Scollay was educated at Victoria and Auckland Universities in New Zealand and at
Cambridge University in England.
CHIA SIOW YUE
Chia Siow Yue is a Research Associate with several international and regional organizations
including Singapore Institute of International Affairs.
Formerly professor of economics at the National University of Singapore and retired as
Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in October 2002, she is also serves as
Regional Coordinator of the East Asian Development Network since 1998.
With a Ph.d in Economics from McGill University, she has published extensively, with over
150 books and journal and professional articles, she specializes in international trade, regional
cooperation and international political economy.
HADI SOESASTRO
Hadi Soesastro is the Executive Director and Senior Economist at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies in Jakarta and a member of the National Economic Council and is on the
international advisory boards of various international institutions including The Asia Society
in New York and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.
Dr Soesastro has lectured at national universities and at Columbia University, New York and
is also an Adjunct Professor at the Research School of Pacific Asian Studies. He has edited
and authored numerous publications and has been actively contributing to “track two”
activities with PECC, CSCAP and CAEC. He earned his Ph.D from the Rand Graduate
School in California. |
