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Research Workshop on Emerging Trade Issues for
Developing Countries in Asia-Pacific Region
Date
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10-11 December 2007 |
Venue
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Macao, China |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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This workshop brings together regional policy makers and
regional and international researchers and analysis to: 1)
identify the areas of future research and policy dialogue on
trade and economic and trade policy coherence; and 2)
discuss future collaborative work on the intrerplay between
trade, investment, and governance in order to contribute to
sound policies to the region's development. |
Documentation
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Opening statement
 Mr. Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, UNESCAP
Presentations:
Session 1: New versus old paradigms of trade: relevance for
developing countries in Asia-Pacific
New versus old paradigms of trade: relevance for
developing countries in Asia-Pacific
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, OECD
Re-thinking on the Trade Paradigm
Biswajit Dhar, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, India
Session 2: Trade in components and parts and foreign direct
investment in East Asia
Trade in Components and Parts and Foreign Direct
Investment in East Asia
K. C. Fung, University of California
Trade Costs, FDI and Trade in Parts and Components
in Developing Asia
Douglas Brooks, Asian Development Bank Institut
Why Does China’s Trade Grow So Fast?
Shunli Yao, China Center for Economic Research,
Peking University
Session 3: Advances in measuring the impacts of trade on
distribution and poverty
Assessing the Impact of Trade Policy Changes on
Poverty Using CGE
John Gilbert, Utah State University
Trade in Services in India: Implications for Poverty
and Inequality
Prabir De, RIS, New Delhi
Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in Bangladesh
Selim Raihan, Executive Director, South Asian
Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM)
Session 4: Law and economics: selection of systemic
issues
Law and Economics: Selection of Systemic Issues
Donald J. Lewis, Faculty of Law, The University
of Hong Kong
Creating Code of Compensation in WTO
Rajesh Sharma, Faculty of Law, MUST
Systemic Issues in WTO's Regulation of RTAs:
A Development Perspective
Wang Jiang Yu, School of Law, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong
Side Event: Pilot Project on Collection and Quantification of
Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) Database
Aki Kuwaharea, Sudip Ranjan Basu, UNCTAD
Session 5: Advances in measuring trade barriers in services
Developing Trade Barrier Index
Joy V. Abrenica, CATIF
Revisiting GATS and Policy Space Considerations
Biplove Choudhary, UNDP Regional Centre
Colombo
Advances in Measuring Trade Barriers in Services
Khin Maung Nyunt, Mae Fah Luang University,
Thailand
Advances in Measuring and Modelling Restrictions
on Trade in Services
Greg McGuire, Indonesia
Session 6: Non-tariff barriers: advances in measurement and
policy implications
Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs)
Aki Kuwahara, UNCTAD
Non-Tariff Measures in Thailand at First Glance
Santi Chaisrisawatsuk, CIEDS, National Institute
of Development Administration
Session 7: Assessing impacts of preferential trade agreements
Interacting Preferential Trade Agreements in the
Asia-Pacific
Anna Strutt, Waikato University
Are Exports of China, Japan and Korea Diverted in
the Major Regional Trading Blocks?
Hyun-Hoon Lee, Kangwon National University
Session 8: Life after Doha - Mutlilateralizing regionalism
Trade Policy Options for Developing Countries
Outside the Doha Round
Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Background paper:
Trade in Components and Parts and Foreign Direct
Investment in East Asia
K.C. Fung, University of California
Chinese Foreign Trade Performance and the
China-US Trade: 1995-2004
A Graphical Analysis Based on China Customs
Statistics*
K.C. Fung, University of California
Measuring and modelling restrictions on trade in
services and results for APEC member economies
Greg McGuire, Indonesia
Are Exports of China, Japan, and Korea Diverted
in the Major Regional Trading Blocks?
Hyun-Hoon Lee, Kangwon National University
Trade Policy Options for Korea Outside the Doha
Round
Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Participants
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Programme
Information note for participants
List of participants
Photo gallery |
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: 26 December 2007 |
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