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International Seminar “Selected Outstanding Issues in
Services, Trade and Development”
Date
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3-5 May 2011 |
Venue
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Manila, Philippines |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
Asian Development Bank Institute |
Objective
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The event is to enable a policy dialogue between trade officials and researchers in the region on the current state of readiness of countries to conduct analytical research in these new areas, as well as the implications of such research to the broader development objectives of the countries in the region. Trade experts from WTO and other organizations will also be invited to contribute their insights on trade and related issues. |
Documentation
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Presentations:
Session 1: Trade and Environment Nexus
 Trade in services related to climate change
Sebastian Miroudot, OECD
Redefining Environmental Goods and Services (ES) from
the Side of Demand for Environment
Tao Hu, Chief Expert, Ministry of Environmental
Protection, China
Trade in Climate Smart Goods: Trends and Opportunities
in Asia and the Pacific
Mia Mikic, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 2: Outstanding Work on Services Rules and Regulation: Making Services Work for Development
Public Services and the GATS
Rudolf Adlung, Trade in Services Division, WTO
Rule-Making Agenda under the GATS –
Overview and State of Play
Rudolf Adlung, WTO
Structural Reforms in Service Sectorsand Development:
Case Study of Thailand
Deunden Nikomborirak, Thailand Development
Research Institute
Session 3: Measuring Trade in Services and Global Value Chains
BPM6 and MSITS 2010: Main recommendations affecting
the coverage of trade in services between residents
and non-residents
Andreas Maurer, WTO
An Explanatory Framework for Measuring Services
Global Value Chains
Andreas Maurer, WTO
Global Value Chains and Trade in Services
Sebastien Miroudot, OECD
Session 4: Labor Migration and Mode 4 Trade in Services
Labour Mobility Provisions in RTAs
Rupe Chanda, Indian Institute of Management,
Bangalore
India-ASEAN Trade in Services: Possibility of MRAs
Patcharawalai Wongboonsin, Chulalongkorn
University, Thailand
Session 5: Liberalizing Services Preferentially: Exploring the Limits
Reflections on the Preferential Li Liberalization of
Services Trade
Anirudh Shingal, World Trade Institute
Scope and Limits of the MFNobligation
under GATS
Rudolf Adlung, WTO
Background material
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Participants
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Programme
List of participants |
Contact
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Ms. Mia Mikic
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: mikic@un.org |
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Last updated: 12 May 2011 |
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