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2005/FTA-RTA/WKSP/001

Agenda

Submitted by: Viet Nam

/ Workshop on Identifying and Addressing Possible Impacts of RTAs/FTAs Development on APEC Developing Member Economies
Hanoi, Viet Nam
28-30 June 2005

As of 27 June 2005

AGENDA FOR

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF RTAs/FTAs DEVELOPMENT ON APEC DEVELOPING MEMBER ECONOMIES

(28 - 30, June 2005

Sofitel Plaza Hotel, Hanoi, Viet Nam)

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Day 1: 28 June 2005

Morning session

08:30 - 09:00: Registration of participants

09:00 - 09:15: Welcoming remarks by Mr. TRAN Quoc Khanh, Director General, Multilateral Trade Policy Deparment, Ministry of Trade of Viet Nam (Doc. number: 002)

09:15 - 10:20: Rule of origin in RTAs/FTAs. Lessons learned for developing countries (Doc. number: 003)

10:25 - 10:45: Qs & As Session.

Speaker: Ms. Kati SUOMINEN

Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank

Moderator: Mr. TRAN Quoc Khanh, Director General, Multilateral Trade Policy Deparment, Ministry of Trade.

10:45 - 11:00: Coffee break

11:00 - 11:40: Report from APEC member economy: Peru I

(Doc. number: 010a)

11:45 - 12:05: Report from APEC member economy: Mexico

(Doc. number: 005)

12:10 - 12:25: Qs and As Session

12:30 - 14:30: Lunch break

Afternoon session

14:30 - 15:30: Brief introduction on the recent development of RTAs/FTAs in the world. The relationship between Preferential Trading Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System. WTO obligation and outward orientation of RTAs/FTAs;

Advantages and disadvantages of the multilateralism and regionalism and the way ahead of the regionalism. State of Play on the RTAs/FTAs in the Asia-Pacific region.

(Doc. number: 006)

15:35 - 15: 55: Qs & As Session

Speaker: Prof. Robert Scollay, Coordinator of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC); Associate Professor of the APEC Study Centre at the University of Auckland

Moderator: Ms. Kati SUOMINEN

Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank

16:00 - 16:15: Coffee break

16:20 - 17:00: Achieving Sustainable Growth Through Liberalized Trade and High-Quality Regional Trade Arrangements and Free Trade Agreements.

17:00 - 17:15: Qs and As Session

Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Hardee, Vice President and Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Business Software Alliance (Doc. number: 007)

Moderator: Ms. Kati SUOMINEN

Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank

End of day 1

Evening Activities

19:30 - 22:00 Welcoming dinner, hosted by Mrs. TRAN Thi Thu Hang, Viet Nam Senior Official for APEC, Deputy Director General, Multilateral Trade Policy Department, Ministry of Trade.

Venue: Dinh Lang Restaurant, No.1 Le Thai To Street, Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi. All speakers and participants are welcome to attend. Transportation will be available at 19h15 at the front door of the Sofitel Plaza Hotel. Dress code: smart casual.

Day 2: 29 June 2005

Morning session

09:00 - 10:00: Liberalization of services and investment under RTAs/FTAs. Lessons learned for developing countries (Doc. number: 008)

10:00 - 10:15: Qs & As Session

Speaker: Ms. Jane Drake-Brockman

Managing Director, Trade and Environment Solutions

Executive Director, Australian Services Roundtable

Moderator: Prof. Robert Scollay (PECC)

10:20 - 10:35: Coffee break

10:40 - 11:15: General presentation on possible impacts of RTAs/FTAs on the economy of developing countries and new issues for the trade policy of developing countries;

Briefing on internal preparation for RTAs/FTAs negotiations, the case of developing countries (what need to be prepared and how to well prepare needed issues). Developing countries’ structural adjustment of internal policy for RTAs/FTAs implementations (Doc. number: 009)

11:20 - 11:25: Qs & As Session.

Speaker: Ms. Kati SUOMINEN

Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank

Moderator: Mr Pio Tabaiwalu, Senior Trade Policy Adviser

Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIF)

11:30 - 11:45: Report from APEC member economy: Thailand;

(Doc. number: 004)

11:50 - 12:05: Report from APEC member economy: Peru II;

(Doc. number: 010b)

12:15 - 12:30: Qs & As Session

12:30 - 14:30: Lunch break

Afternoon session

14:30 - 15:15: An overview of main characteristics of FTAs/RTAs subscribed by APEC member economies, including main areas covered by FTAs/RTAs in the APEC region, market access for goods and services under these RTAs/FTAs etc. APEC future perspectives on RTAs/FTAs

Implication of RTAs/FTAs on an APEC developing economy: The case of Chile. (Doc. number: 011)

15:20 - 15:35: Qs & As Session

Speaker: Ms. Alicia FROHMAN, Chief of the FTAAs and North America Department, Head of the North America Department, Chile

Moderator: Prof. Robert Scollay (PECC)

15:40 - 15:55: Coffee break

16:00 - 16:35: General and illustrative presentation on (i) Rules under RTAs/FTAs: How far do they deviate from WTO rules: Scope, anti-dumping, safeguard, treatment of TRQ; (ii) Issues not covered under the Doha Development Agenda: competition policy, government procurement, IPR and (iii) Treatment of sensitive issues in RTAs/FTAs negotiations and case studies;

(Doc. number: 012)

Speaker: Prof. Robert Scollay (PECC)

Moderator: Ms. Kati SUOMINEN

Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank

16:40 - 17:00: Qs & As Session

17:05 - 17:15: Report from APEC member economy: Korea

(Doc. number: 013)

17:20 - 17:30: Qs & As Session

End of day 2

Evening: (To be advised)

Day 3: 30 June 2005

Morning session

09:00 - 10:00: REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AMONG DEVELOPING ECONOMIES. The case of The Pacific Island Countries

Measuring implications of RTAs/FTAs on developing economies in theoretical and practical aspects: proposed measures to address these implicationson developing countries. (Doc. number: 014a and 014 b)

10:00 - 10:20: Qs & As Session

Speaker: Mr Pio Tabaiwalu, Senior Trade Policy Adviser

Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIF)

Moderator: Mrs. TRAN Thi Thu Hang, Viet Nam Senior Official for APEC, Deputy Director General, Multilateral Trade Policy Deparment, Ministry of Trade of Viet Nam

10:20 - 10:35: Coffee break

10:35 – 10:55: Report from APEC member economy: Malaysia

(Doc. number: 015)

11:00 – 11:20: Report from APEC member economy: Chile

(Doc. number: 016)

11:20 – 11:40: Report from APEC member economy: Russia

(Doc. number: 017)

11:40 – 11:55: Qs & As Session

12:00 – 14:00: Lunch break

Afternoon session

14:00 – 15:00: General Introduction of Viet Nam’s RTA/FTA Participation and Possible Trade Policy Recommendations

(Doc. number: 018)

15:00 – 15:15: Qs & As Session

Speaker: Dr. LE Quang Lan (Viet Nam)

Moderator: Mr. Robert Scollay (PECC)

15:15-15:30: Report from APEC member economy: the Philippines

(Doc. number: 019)

15:30 – 15:45 Report from APEC member economy: China

(Doc. number: 020)

15:45 – 16:00: Report from APEC member economy: Indonesia

(Doc. number: 021)

16:00 – 16:15: Qs & As Session

16:15 – 16:30: Closing remarks by Mrs. TRAN Thi Thu Hang, Viet Nam Senior Official for APEC.

End of day 3

Evening: Free