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Emerging trade issues for policymakers in developing countries
of Asia and the Pacific: New era of trade governance
Date
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4-6 March 2009 |
Venue
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Manila, Philippines |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
World Trade Organization
MARKHUB |
Objective
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To provide an update and review of consolidated and emerging research on issues that matter to policymakers in the region. |
Documentation
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Opening statement
 Ravi Ratnayake, Director, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Session 1
Firm Level Experience of NTMs: Philippines Case
Gloria O. Pasadilla, PIDS
Pilot Project on NTMs: Preliminary findings from pilot
surveys and their usefullness
Carolin Averbeck, ITC
Country Report: Enterprise survey on Non-Tariff
Measures in Thailand 2008
Santi Chaisrisawatsuk, NIDA
A Pilot Project on Non-Tariff Measures: An overview
Alessandro Nicita, UNCTAD
Session 2
Boundaries of Trade Governance: Agenda-Setting
and Decision-Making in the WTO
Patrick Low, WTO
Session 3
Development Policies and Trade Regime: Shall the
Twain Meet?
Biswajit Dhar, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian
Institute of Foreign Trade
Trade Policy, Trade Costs and Developing Country Trade
Alessandro Nicita, UNCTAD
Session 4
Which ‘behind-the-border’ policies should be subject to
trade agreements?
Philippa Dee, Australian National University
Behind the Border trade and business facilitation: Impact
on trade and importance of an integrated approach
Yann Duval, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 5
Trade Facilitation and Supply Chains: Mechanics of
Production Networks and Its Policy Implication
Fukunari Kimura, Keio University and ERIA
Trade Facilitation and Supply Chains
Douglas Brooks, Office of the Chief Economist, ADB
Session 6
Food security and rural livelihood: what role for trade
agreements?
Samarendu Mohanty, IRRI, Philippines
Food security and rural livelihoods: what role for trade
agreements?
Jamie Morrison, FAO, Italy
Session 7
What developing countries really want from WTO
membership?
New Era of Trade Governance
Sorasak Pan, Secretary of State, Ministry of
Commerce, Cambodia
What developing countries really want from the WTO?
The case of China
Tu Xinquan, University of International Business
and Economics, China
Background paper
Trade Policy, Trade Costs and Developing Country Trade |
Participants
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Information note for participants
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: 13 March 2009 |
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