PECC TRADE FORUM

Key Issues on RTAs - Analyses and Conclusions 2001 through 2003
1.  SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ASIA PACIFIC REGION
Papers
  1. Rob Scollay: Asia-Pacific RTAs as Avenues for Achieving APEC's Bogor Goals (Brunei September 2003)
  1. Andrew Elek: East Asian Economic Integration: Critical Policy Choices (Phuket May 2003)
  1. Rob Scollay:  RTA Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region: State of Play (Khon Kaen May 2003)
  1. Christopher Findlay, Mohd. Hafleh Piei and Mari Pangestu:  Trading with Favourites: Risks, Motives and Implications of FTAs in the Asia-Pacific (Washington April 2003)
  1. Soogil Young:  Strategies for Coping with a Proliferation of RTAs and Encouraging Convergence Towards Global and Regional Liberalization and Integration Objectives:  An East Asian Perspective (Washington April 2003)
  1. Soamiely Andriamananjara:  On the Relationship Between Preferential Trading Arrangements and the Multilateral Trading System (Washington April 2003)
  1. Hadi Soesastro:  Dynamics of Competitive Liberalization in RTA Negotiations-East Asian Perspectives (Washington April 2003)
  1. Robert Devlin and Antoni Estevadeordal:  Trade and Cooperation: A Regional Public Goods Approach (Vancouver November 2002)
  1. Peter Lloyd:  Implications for the Multilateral Trading System of the New Preferential Trading Arrangements in the Asia-Pacific Region (Vancouver November 2002)
  1. John Curtis:  Multilateralism in a Regionalizing World (Vancouver November 2002)
  1. Mikio Kuwayama:  Search for a New Partnership in Trade and Investment Between Latin America and the Asia-Pacific (Lima May 2002)
  1. Peter Lloyd:  New Regionalism and New Bilateralism in the Asia-Pacific (Lima May 2002)
  1. Mari Pangestu and Christopher Findlay:  Regional Trade Arrangements in Asia Pacific-Where are they taking us? (Bangkok June 2001)
  1. John Gilbert, Rob Scollay and Bijit Bora:  Assessing Regional trading Arrangements in the Asia Pacific (Bangkok June 2001)
  1. Mari Pangestu and Rob Scollay:  Regional Trading Arrangements:  Stocktake and Next Steps (Bangkok June 2001)
Powerpoint Presentations
  1. Narongchai Akrasanee:  Thailand 2003 and the Road to Bogor (Brunei September 2003)
  1. Neantro Saavedra-Rivano:  Trans-Pacific Dimensions of the "New" RTA Developments (Phuket May 2003)
  1. Fernando Gonzalez Vigil:  Proliferation and Convergence of RTAs in Latin America (Washington April 2003)
  1. Soogil Young:  Preferential Trade Arrangements and the Future of Asia-Pacific Economic Integration (Vancouver November 2002)
  1. Rob Scollay:  The Enduring Logic of Asia-Pacific Regional Integration (Vancouver November 2002)
  1. Monica Rosell:  A Latin American Perspective on the Reform of Article XXIV (Lima May 2002)
  1. Mere Falemaka:  A small States' Perspective on Reform of Article XXIV
  1. Rob Scollay:  Facing the Challenges of Regionalism in the Pacific Islands (Lima May 2002)
  1. Edsel Custodio:  Regionalism and Multilateralism: Work on Systemic Issues in the WTO (Bangkok June 2001)
  1. Arvind Panagariya:  Preferential Trade Liberalization:  The traditional Theory and New Developments (Bangkok June 2001)
2.  PERSPECTIVES FROM THE AMERICAS AND EAST ASIA
Papers
  1. Hadi Soesastro:  ASEAN and the Spread of RTAs (Brunei September 2003)
  1. Maryse Robert:  The Current "State of Play" in the FTAA Negotiations (Vancouver November 2002)
  1. Hadi Soesastro:  Strategies Towards the Development of New Regional Trading Arrangements in East Asia (Vancouver November 2002)
  1. Ippei Yamazawa:  A Case for East Asian Cooperation (Vancouver November 2002)
  1. Antoni Estevadeoral:  RTAs in the Americas (Lima May 2002)
  1. Esteban Erestrepo-Uribe:  The impact of the FTAA in the Americas and the Pacific: Challenges and Expectations (Lima May 2002)
  1. Hadi Soesastro:  Whither ASEAN plus 3? (Bangkok June 2001)
  1. Jose Manuel Salazar:  Implications of Proliferating Sub-Regional Trade Agreements: Lessons from the Latin American Experience (Bangkok June 2001)
Powerpoint presentations
  1. Fernando Gonzales Vigil:  Recent RTAs Developments in the Americas:  A Latin American Perspective (Brunei September 2003)
  1. Chia Siow Yue:  Regional and Bilateral FTAs in Southeast Asia (Brunei September 2003)
  1. Mari Pangestu:  Responding to Regionalism:  Towards a Common ASEAN Vision (Washington April 2003)
  1. Fernando Gonzalez Vigil:  Facing Economic Integration on Two (or More) Fronts:  The Situation of the Pacific Latin American Economies (Vancouver November 2002)
  1. Joy Abrenica:  A Case Study in the Process of Regional Economic Integration: The Auto Industry in ASEAN (Lima May 2002)
  1. Yang Jijian:  The Enlargement and Prospect of the Bangkok Agreement (Lima May 2002)
  1. Chan-Hyun Sohn:  Korea's Role in the Development of RTAs in East Asia (Lima May 2002)
  1. Fernando Gonzalez Vigil:  Effect of RTAs on Investment Location and Trade Patterns:  The Andean Community Case (Lima May 2002)
  1. Juan Jose Taccone:  RTA Developments in the Western Hemisphere (Bangkok June 2001)
3.  SECTORAL AND INDIVIDUAL POLICY ISSUES IN RTAS
Papers
  1. Marcos Jank:  Agricultural Liberalization in Multilateral and Regional Trade Negotiations (Washington April 2003)
  1. Ernesto Tironi:  A Comparison of Chile's FTAs with the EU, the US and Korea in Agricultural Goods (Washington April 2003)
  1. Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Ernesto Stein and Christian Daude:  The FTAA and the location of FDI (Washington April 2003)
  1. Maryse Robert et al,:  Negotiating Investment rules (Washington April 2003)
  1. Sherry Stephenson and Deunden Nikomborirak: Liberalization of Trade in Services:  East Asia and the Western Hemisphere (Bangkok June 2001)
Powerpoint presentations
  1. Rob Scollay:  Treatment of Sensitive Issues in RTAs: The Case of Agriculture (Washington April 2003)
4.  RULES OF ORIGIN
Papers
  1. Antoni Estevadeordal:  Rules of Origin in FTAs: A World Map (Washington April 2003)
  1. Paul Brenton:  Notes on Rules of Origin with Implications for Regional Integration on Southeast Asia (Washington April 2003)
Powerpoint presentations
  1. Edmund Leow:  Business Perspective on Rules of Origin in Singapore's Concluded Free Trade Agreements (Brunei September 2003)
  1. Djisman Simandjuntak:  Rules of Origin and Trade Policy (Brunei September 2002)
5.  ECONOMY PERSPECTIVES
Papers
  1. Richard Feinberg:  The Political Economy of United States' Free Trade Arrangements (Washington April 2003)
  1. Shujiro Urata:  Regionalization in East Asia and Japan's FTA Strategies (Phuket May 2003)
  1. Linda low:  Singapore's Bilateral Free Trade Agreements: Architectural and Institutional Issues (Washington April 2003)
  1. ECLAC: The Chilean Strategy of Trade Liberalization and Market Access (Lima May 2002)
  1. Daniela Ivascanu:  Canada's Regional Arrangements: Advances and Challenges (Bangkok June 2001)
  1. Hamish McCormick:  Australian Perspective on the AFTA-CER Proposal (Bangkok June 2001)
  1. Chan-Hyun Sohn: Korea's FTA Developments (Bangkok June 2001)
Powerpoint presentations
  1. Chia Siow Yue:  Singapore-United States FTA (Phuket May 2003)
  1. Ippei Yamazawa:  Japan-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Vision and Tasks Ahead (Phuket May 2003)
  1. Inkyo Cheong: Korea's FTA Policy (Phuket May 2003)
  1. Ippei Yamazawa:  Japan's FTAs with Singapore, Korea and Mexico (Bangkok June 2001)

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