RETA 5947 - Program

Trade Policy Issues Workshop
25 February - 1 March 2002, Singapore

Jointly with the Technical Cooperation Directorate (TCD), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Singapore; the Asian Development Bank, Manila; and the ADB Institute, Tokyo

Workshop Agenda

Opening Session
Monday, 25 February 2002
8:30 - 9:00	Travel to TCD, MOFA Building for Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony (TCD, MFA Building)
9:00 - 9:15	Registration
9:15 - 10:00	Welcome Remarks	Mr. Anthony Chang, Director TCD/MOFA, Singapore
	Opening Remarks View speech of Dr. Verbiest View speech of Dr. Yoshitomi	Dr. J. P. Verbiest, OIC, Economics and Research Department, ADB Dr. M. Yoshitomi, Dean, ADB Institute
10:00 - 10:30	Photo Session & Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00	Travel to Workshop Venue (Hotel)

Session I Free Trade and Economic Cooperation in Asia
	Moderator: Dr. M. Yoshitomi / J. P. Verbiest
11:00 - 11:15	Introduction to the Workshop	Dr. R. B. Adhikari, ADB Institute
11:15 - 12:00	Regional Integration - an overview of current issues	Prof. M. Blomstrom EIJS, Stockholm Member, Advisory Council, ADB Institute
12:00 - 12:30	Open Discussion
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 2:45	Economic Interdependence and Cooperation in East Asia with reference to Asia. View paper and presentation	Prof. Junichi Goto Kobe University, Japan
2:45 - 3:30	Open Discussion
3:30 - 3:45	Coffee Break
3:45 - 4:30	WTO Rules Relating to Regional Trade Agreements	Mr. Edwini Kessie Councellor, Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division, WTO
4:30 - 5:30	Open Discussion
6:30 - 9:30	Welcome Dinner	Jointly hosted by TCD, ADB and ADB Institute
Dinner Speech (TBC)

Tuesday, 26 Feb. 2002
	Moderators: J. Goto / M. Blomstrom
9:00 - 9:45	Regional Integration and Cooperation in Latin American - Issues and Experiences View paper and presentation.	Dr. A. Estevadeordal Sr. Trade Economist Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC
9:45 - 10:15	Open Discussion
10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break

Session II Singapore Experiences in Trade Policy Issues
10:30 - 11:30	Trade Policy Reforms -- Lessons from Singapore Experience	Mr. TanSong Chuan, President, International Trade Institute of Singapore (IT IS)
11:30 - 12:30	Open Discussion
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Singapore and New Regionalism: an Economic Assessment Papers and Presentations Singapore’s New Commercial Trade Strategy: The Bilateral Route Singapore New Commercial Trade Strategy: The Pros and Cons of Bilateralism Going It Alone: Rationale for and Implications of Singapore’s New Commercial Trade Strategy The Japan-Singapore “New Age” Economic Partnership Agreement: Background, Motivation and Implications	Dr. R. Rajan, Sr. Lecturer University of Adelaide, Australia
3:00 - 3:30	Open Discussion
3:30 - 3:45	Coffee Break
3:45 - 4:30	Trade and Investment Policy Priorities for the 21^st Century	Tan Song Chuan
4:30 - 5:00	Open Discussion
5:00 - 5:15	Orientation on Group Work	R. B. Adhikari

Wednesday, 27 Feb. 2002
	Moderators: Y. Zhang, ADB / Robert Kirk / A. Estevadeordal
Session III - Post-Doha Trade Policy Issues
9:00 - 10:00	The DOHA Development Agenda WTO Documents WTO Agriculture Negotations: The issues, and where we are now Draft Ministerial Declaration Draft Declaration on the Trips Agreement and Public Health European Communities – The ACP-EC Partnership Agreement Eurpean Communities – Transitional Regime for the EC Autonomous Tariff Rate Quotas on Imports of Bananas Procedures for Extensions Under Article 27.4 for Certain Developing Country Members Guidelines and Procedures for the Negotiations on Trade In Services Statement by the Chairman of the General Council Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns A New Strategy for WTO Technical Cooperation: Technical Cooperation for Capacity Building, Growth and Integration Coordinated WTO Secretariat Annual Technical Assistance Plan 2002	Mr. R. Krommenacker Head, Asia Pacific Unit Technical Cooperation Division, WTO
10:00 - 10:30	Open Discussion
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30	PRC's Increasing Openness and Its Implications. View paper and presentation.	Dr. Yongzheng Yang, IMF Dr. R. B. Adhikari
11:30 - 12:30	Open Discussion
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 2:45	Intellectual Property Rights and Poverty Reduction	Ms. Y. Zhang, Deputy Director General, Mekong Dept., ADB
2:45 - 3:30	Open Discussion
3:30 - 3:45	Coffee Break
3:45 - 4:45	WIPO and IPRs for Developing Countries	Ms. Cynthia Cannady Director, Intellectual Property Policy and New Technologies, WIPO
4:45 - 5:30	Open Discussion

Thursday, 28 Feb. 2002
Session IV Technical Standards and Rules of Origin in Trade Negotiations
	Moderators: S. B. Chua / R. B. Adhikari / A. Estevadeordal
9:00 - 10:00	Standards and Non-Tariff barriers - Trade and Development Challenge. View presentation. View the World Bank Group presentation.	Dr. John Wilson, Lead Economist, DRG, World Bank
10:00 - 10:30	Open Discussion
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45	Trade Facilitation, Customs Reform: The Post Doha Agenda. View paper and presentation.	John Wilson
11:45 - 12:30	Open Discussion
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 2:45	Rules of Origin Issue in Trade Negotiations with a Case Study Illustration	Dr. Robert Kirk Senior Trade Adviser SADC Secretariat, Botswana
2:45 - 3:30	Open Discussion
3:30 - 3:45	Coffee Break
3:45 - 4:30	Rules of Origin: A Case Study from SADC	Dr. Robert Kirk
4:30 - 5:30	Open Discussion

Session V Group Work
	Moderators/Facilitators: R. B. Adhikari / R. Kirk /R. Rajan / J. Liang
9:00 - 10:30	Group Work on Trade Policy Issues¹ Country Issues Papers from: Bangladesh: Rules of Origin and their Economic Impacts Indonesia: Post Doha Related Issue : Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy Malaysia: Short Issues Paper Trade Policy Issues Workshop Nepal: Trade Policy Reforms: A Study of Nepal Pakistan: Post-Doha WTO Related Issues. Pakitan: Issue Paper from Pakistan Philippines: Post-Doha WTO-Related Issues: From the Point of View of the Philippines China, People's Republic: Post-Doha WTO Related Issues China, People's Republic: Free Trade and Economic Cooperation: China’s participation Thailand: Thailand’s experience in FTA/Economic Cooperation

Friday, 1 March 2002
9:00 - 10:30	Group Work on Trade Policy Issues-contd.
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:30	Group Work Report Preparation
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Group Work Presentation: Group A Group B
3:00 - 3:30	Open Discussion
3:30 - 3:45	Coffee Break
3:45 - 4:45	Group Work Presentation: Group C Group D
4:45 - 5:15	Open Discussion

Session VI Closing Session
5:15 - 5:30	Summary Conclusions	Resource Speakers
5:30 - 6:00	Closing Remarks	Mr. Lawrence Anderson, Director, TCD/MOFA, Singapore J. Liang, ADB S. B. Chua, Director, ADB Institute

The program were preceded by e-sessions through the ADB Institute's Virtual Learning Lab (VLL) - Trade Policy, which covered refresher drill on trade policy - concepts and tools; trade negotiations; and case studies; and also recommended reading, including last year's workshop proceedings.

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There were four themes - (i) policy priorities in trade and investment promotion; (ii) Post-Doha WTO related issues, including IPRs and standards; (iii) FTAs and economic cooperation; and (iv) rules of origin and their economic impacts

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Trade Policy Issues Workshop
25 February - 1 March 2002, Singapore