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Expert Group Meeting on the Role of Regional Trade Agreements
in Facilitating SMEs' participation in Global Value Chains
Date
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9-10 March 2006 |
Venue
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Kunming, China |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM)
Department of Commerce of Yunnan Province
Yunnan Provincial Chamber of Commerce
GMS Business Forum
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Objective
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To provide senior government officials responsible for trade
policy and industrial/enterprise/SME development, as well as
private sector representatives with an understanding of the role
of regional trade agreements in promoting SMEs' participation
in global and regional value chains; and to provide input on
possible actions by governments in the above fields, as well as
areas for subregional cooperation. |
Documentation
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Presentations:
Session VII: The regional trading panorama: The role of the regional trade agreements (RTA) with specific focus on the asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)
 Role of Regional Trade Agreements with Specific Focus
on the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement
Ms. Tiziana Bonapace, Chief, Trade Policy Section,
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session VIII: Implications of APTA Third Round Concessions for GMS countries
Implications of APTA Third Round Concessions for GMS
Countries
Mr. Indra Nath Mukherji, Professor, South Asian Studies,
School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, India
Global and regional value chains: Case study of potato
industry
Mr. Yi Wang, Senior Researcher, Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, and Director, China Office,
International Centre of Potato Research, China
Session IX: Regional economic ingtegration B: long-term policy implications for GMS countries
Regional Economic Integration: Long-term Policy
Implications for GMS Countries
Mr. Suthad Setboonsarng, Partner of Worldtrade
Management Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Consulting Ltd.
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Participants
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Programme
List of participants
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Contact
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Ms. Ying Qiu
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: qiuy@un.org |
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Last updated: 13 July 2006 |
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