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Regional Seminar on Weaving the Fabric of Regional Cooperation
for a Competitive Garment Sector
Date
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1-2 June 2005 |
Venue
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Beijing, China |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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To explore the policy and business environment in the post-MFA regime and to enable participants to acquire an in-depth understanding of the changes evolving at the policy and business fronts. |
Documentation
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Programme
Opening
statement
Selective list of references
Presentations:
Session 1: WTO rules in textile and clothing: What has changed
 Jean-Pierre Lapalme, Counsellor, Market Access Division,
World Trade Organization
Session 2: Economics of trade in textiles and clothing and options
for regional responses
Mia Mikic, Economic Affairs Officer,
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 4: Market access for Asian and Pacific exports
and rules of origin
William E. James, Trade Economist, Indonesia
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 5: Labour standards, social labels and company
standards: example of Cambodia
Sok Siphana, Senior Minister and Secretary of State,
Cambodia
Session 6: Case studies: challenges faced by the region in textile
and clothing trade
Bangladesh
Mohammed Abdul Awal, Chairmen, Bangladesh
Textile Mills Association
India
Sudripta Roy, Joint Secretary to the Government
of India, Ministry of Textiles
Mongolia
Chuluunbat Tsetsegmaa, Chief Officer of International
Trade and Cooperation Department, Secretary of Textile
& Garment Council, Mongolian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry
Nepal
Kiran P. Saakha, President, Garment Association –
Nepal (GAN)
Sri Lanka
Chandana Janaka Botejue, Managing Director,
Bernard Botejue Industries Limited, Sri Lanka
Apparel Exporters Association
Thailand
Phongsak Assakul, Chairman, Federation of Thai
Textiles Industries, Thai Textiles Manufacturing
Association
Session 7: Seizing the Big Pictures in the Post-MFA Era: Managing
Competitiveness through Strategizing in Integration,
Coalition, and Internationalization
Changhui Zhou, Assistant Professor of Strategy
Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Session 8: Regional cooperation, integration and assistance
Tiziana Bonapace, Chief, Trade Policy Section,
and Mia Mikic, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Policy
Section, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
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Participants
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Information note for participants
List of participants
Group photo |
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: 17 June 2005 |
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