BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://www.pecc.org///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260418T074453UTC-5818koEoKJ@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260418T074453Z DESCRIPTION:The Twelfth PECC General Meeting Transpacific Partnership: Imp lementing Trade &\; Investment Opportunity September 30 - October 2\, 1 997 Santiago\, Chile \n \;\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, September 30 \n\n\n\n\n0 800 - 0900\n\n\nArrival and Registration of Participants \n\n\n\n\n0900 - 1000\n\n\nOpening Remarks\n\nMr. Edgardo Boeninger\, Chairman\, PECC Stand ing Committee and Chilean Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation - CHI LPEC \n\nStatement from the Previous Host Committee\n\nAmbassador Yang Che ngxu\, Chairman\, China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperatio n - CNCPEC \n\nKeynote Address \n\nH.E. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle\, Presiden t of the Republic of Chile \n\n\n\n\n\n1000-1030\n\n\nIntroductory Speec h : Transpacific Partnership : Latin America's Role \nSpeaker:\n\nMr. Enri que Iglesias\, President\, Inter-American Development Bank \n\n\n\n\n\n103 0-1100\n\n\nBreak\n\n\n\n\n1100-1300\n\n\nMinisterial Panel : 'Asia Pacifi c Towards 2010 / 2020' The Ministerial Panel\, a well established forum fo r high level discussion in PECC XII General Meetings\, will address the Bo gor Declaration goals of free trade and investment by years 2010 / 2020. \nModerator:\n\nAmbassador Nobuo Matsunaga\, Chairman\, Japan National Com mittee for Pacific Economic Cooperation - JANCPEC\n\nPanel Speakers:\n\nMr José Miguel Insulza\, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile\nDatuk Seri Ra fidah Aziz\, Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia\nMr Lim Chang-Yuel\, Minister of Trade\, Industry and Energy of Korea\nMr Kazu o Ogura\, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan\nMrs Charlene Barshe vsky\, United States Trade Representative \n\n\n\n\n\n1300 - 1500\n\n\nLun cheon Addresses\nKeynote Speaker:\n(before lunch) \n\nMr Renato Ruggiero\, Director-General\, World Trade Organization\n\n(after lunch)\n\nMr Arthur Eggleton\, Minister of International Trade of Canada \n\n\n\n\n\n1500-1 630\n\n\nPlenary Session I - Asia Pacific's Contribution to Global Prosper ity : Achievements and Challenges The dynamic development of the Asia Pa cific economies is making a decisive contribution to the growth of the wor ld economy\, leading many analysts to see the 21th century as the 'Pacific Century'. In this panel\, leading authorities on the subject will examine the record of Asia Pacific's development and the agenda of challenges fac ing economies in the region. \nModerator: \n\nAmbassador Fidel Duque\, Dir ector-General\, Colombia National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperati on - COLPECC \n\nPanel Speakers: \n\nProfessor Tommy Koh\, Director\, Inst itute of Policy Studies of Singapore\nProfessor Ross Garnaut\, Professor\, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies\, Australian National Univer sity\nDato' Dr. Noordin Sopiee\, Chairman\, Malaysia National Committee fo r Pacific Economic Cooperation - MANCPEC\nProfessor Lawrence Krause\, Coor dinator of the PECC Pacific Economic Outlook\, Professor of Economics\, Un iversity of California\, San Diego\nMr Philip Burdon\, Chairman\, Asia 200 0 Foundation of New Zealand\n\n\n\n\n\n1630-1700\n\n\nBreak\n\n\n\n\n1700- 1830\n\n\nPlenary Session II - Corporate Strategies and Investment Opportu nities in the Region The private sector is the leading force behind the remarkable achievements of the Pacific economies. The leading businessmen on this panel will explore the prospects for strategic alliances to promot e further growth in the Pacific\, emphasizing the perspective of the 'Tran spacific Partnership' between East Asia\, Australasia\, and the Americas. \nSession Chair:\n\nDr Kerrin Vautier\, Chair\, New Zealand Committee of t he Pacific Economic Cooperation Council - NZPECC \n\nPanel Speakers:\n\nMr Minoru Murofushi\, President and CEO\, ITOCHU Corporation\, Japan\nMr Yao Jinrong\, Executive Director and Group Vice President of China Internatio nal Trust and Investment Corporation - CITIC\nMr Gordon Wu\, Managing Dire ctor\, Hopewell Holdings Limited\, Hong Kong\nMr Abdul Rachman Ramly\, Cha irman\, PT ASTRA International\, Indonesia\nMr Lawrence Clarkson\, Preside nt\, Boeing Enterprises\n\n\n\n\n\n2030 \;\n\n\nSpecial Dinner Address followed by Gala Dinner \nKeynote Speaker :\n\nHon. Dato' Seri Dr. Mahath ir Mohamad\, Prime Minister of Malaysia \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, October 1 \n\n\n\n\n0830-1030\n\n\nConcurrent Sessions: \n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\nTrad e Policy Symposium - Regionalism &\; Multilateralism: Bridges for Trans pacific Partnership \nThis concurrent session will address questions such as: what is the relationship between the objectives sought by APEC and th e FTAA and the multilateral trading system? Are these compatible with the existing rules? What is the relationship between the subregional trading a rrangements in each region and the overall integration of two broad region al integration processes? Is there any possibility of convergence between the objectives and the goals of APEC and FTAA processes? \n\n\n\n\n \; \n\n\nMinerals Forum The PECC economies include most of the major world p layers in the production and trade of mineral products. The PECC Minerals Forum (formerly Minerals and Energy Forum) has developed an active program of research and discussion of the minerals economy in the Pacific. For th is session\, the legal\, environmental\, and financial dimensions have bee n selected for discussion in the perspective of the development of sectora l Transpacific Partnership. \n\n\n\n \;\n\nFinancial Markets Developme nt The PECC Financial Markets Development project addresses the issues of the liberalization of financial relations of the Pacific Basin economies and the challenges of developing capital markets to suit the growing needy of the emerging economies in the region\, The FMD project is reporting on its work to the PAEC Finance Ministers as well as working with APEC Busin es Forum (ABF). In this session\, distinguished bankers\, financial regula tors\, academics and other specialists will discuss the prospects of the P acific Basin banking industry\, capital markets\, and financial reporting standards. \n\n\n\n \;\n\nFood &\; Agriculture Most of the large st agricultural producers and importers of foodstuffs in the world are Pac ific Basin economies. The PECC Food &\; Agriculture Forum (FAF) deals w ith the structure and development of the 'Pacific food system'. This concu rrent session is organized around product categories\, which will be discu ssed considering progresses and challenges of trade liberalization and fax ilitation in areas such as tariffs\, quotas\, non-tariff barriers\, and su bsidies. \n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\nBusiness Opportunities in Latin America T hese sessions will include a business-oriented vision of trade and investm ent opportunities in six Latin American countries. Panels will include an overview of the rules and regulations as well as detailed opportunities in two or three different sectors of each economy. \n\n\n\n\n1030 - 1100 \n \n\nBreak\n\n\n\n\n1100 - 1300 \n\n\nConcurrent Sessions \n\n\n\n\n1300 -1 500\n\n\nLuncheon Addresses \nKeynote Speakers: \n(before lunch)\n\nDr. Na rongchai Akrasanee\, Minister of Commerce of Thailand\n\n(after lunch) \n \nMr. Guido Di Tella\, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina \n\n\n\n\n \n1500 -1830\n\nConcurrent Sessions \n\n\n\n2030\n\n\nDinner Address follo wed by Gala Dinner \nKeynote Address : \n\nH.E. Fernando Henrique Cardoso\ , President of the Federative Republic of Brazil \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, Oc tober 2\n\n\n\n\n0830-1030\n\n\nPlenary Session III - Concerted Unilateral Liberalization: A Vehicle for a Contemporary Approach to Free Trade in th e Region?' A key difference between the APEC and the conventional approa ches to trade liberalization is APEC's avoidance of treaty-based\, negotia ted regional trade preferences. Instead\, APEC is planning to achieve free trade on the basis of concerted steps of unilateral liberalization. As AP EC enters the phase of implementing the 1994 Bogor goals\, an in-depth exa mination of the proposed mechanism of concerted action is of key importanc e to the progress of Pacific trade liberalization. \nModerator:\n\nDr. Lee Lai To\, Chairman\, Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Coo peration - SINCPEC \n\nPanel Speakers:\n\nDr. Victor Fung\, Chairman\, Hon g Kong Trade Development Council \nMr. Ernesto Rubio del Cueto\, Director\ , CEMEX\, Mexico \nMr Timothy Ong\, Managing Director\, National Insurance Company Berhad of Berhad \nMr Stuart Eizenstat\, Undersecretary of Commer ce of the USA \nMr Soogil Young\, President\, Korea Transport Institute \n\n\n\n\n\n1030-1100\n\nBreak\n\n\n\n1100-1300\n\n\nPlenary Session IV - Latin America: is it ready for Transpacific Partnership Latin America ha s recovered from the deep economic crisis of the 1980s. In the changing ec onomic environment of the 1990s\, the region is redefining its internation al orientations\, and is rapidly increasing its ties with the Asia Pacific region. This panel will compare Latin American and East Asian views on th e development of Transpacific Partnership between the two regions. \nSessi on Chair:\n\nDr. Abraham Lowenthal\, Director\, Center for International S tudies\, University of Southern California\, USA \n\nPanel Speakers:\n\nDr . Jusuf Wanandi\, Chairman\, Indonesia National Committee for Pacific Econ omic Cooperation - INCPEC\nDr. Carlos Bolona\, President\, San Ignacio de Loyola University\, Peru\nDr Kim Kihwan\, Chairman\, Korea National Commit tee for Pacific Economic Cooperation - KOPEC\nDr Akio Hosono\, Professor o f Economics\, the University of Tsukuba\, Japan\nMr Michael Reid\, South A merica Correspondent\, The Economist\n\n\n\n\n\n1300-1500\n\n\nLuncheon Ad dresses \nKeynote speakers :\n(before lunch) \n\nMr Tungky Ariwibowo\, Min ister of Industry and Trade of Indonesia\n\n(after lunch) \n\nMr Shinji Sa to\, Minister of Trade and Industry of Japan \n\n\n\n\n\n1500-1630\n\n\n\n Special Panel: 'Hong Kong: Three Months After Reunification' Only three months after Hong Kong's reversion to China\, local business people will address issues that Hong Kong and international companies have been facing since this historical event. \nModerator:\n\nMr. Peter Jollie\, Chairman\ , Australian Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee - AUSPECC\n\nPanel Spe akers: \n\nMr. Victor Lo\, Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries \nMr. Gordon Wu\, Managing Director\, Hopewell Holdings Ltd. \n Dr. Victor Fung\, Chairman\, Hong Kong Trade Development Council\nMr. Will iam Fung\, Group Managing Director\, Li and Fung Ltd. and Chairman\, Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation - HKCPEC\nMr Ronnie Chan\, Chairman\, Hang Lung Development Co. Ltd. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n1630-1830\n\n\nMi nisterial Panel: Overview of Latin America The purpose of this panel is to provide a general framework and analysis from the governments' points o f view of six Latin American economies that have increasing relations with the Asia Pacific region. \nModerator: \n\nDr William Saywell\, Chairman\, Canadian National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation - CANCPEC\n \nPanel Speakers: \n\nMr. Alvaro García\, Minister of Trade of Chile \nMr Morris Harf\, Minister of Trade of Colombia\nMr Gustavo Caillaux\, Ministe r of Industry of Peru \nMr Herminio Blanco\, Minister of Trade of Mexico\n Mr Francisco Dornelles\, Minister of Trade of Brazil\nMr Alieto Guadagni\, Minister of Trade of Argentina \n\n\n\n\n\n1830-1930\n\n\nConcluding Sess ion\nAddress by: \n\nMr. Juan Villarzú\, Minister Secretary General of the Presidency\, Chile \n\nClosing Remarks: \n \;Session Chair:\n\nMr. Ed gardo Boeninger\, Chairman\, PECC Standing Committee and Chilean Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation - CHILPEC \n\n\n\n\n\n1930\n\n\nFarewell Reception \n\n\n\n https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/ 124-pecc-xii-twelfth-general-meeting DTSTART:19970930T000000Z DTEND:19971002T000000Z LOCATION:Chile\, Santiago () SUMMARY:PECC XII: Twelfth General Meeting URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/124-pecc-xii-twel fth-general-meeting END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR