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ESCAP/ITC High-level Consultation on Trade in Services
for Regional Integration
Date
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28-29 February 2008 |
Venue
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Macao, China |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
International Trade Centre (ITC)
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Objective
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To examine trends and developments arising from the services
liberalization efforts driven by multilateral and bilateral/regional
negotiations. The Consultations are expected to generate
policy guidance on desirable services trade strategies for
developing and the least developed countries
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Documentation
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Opening ceremony
 Statements by:
Mr. Sou Tim Peng, Director, Macao Economic Services,
Government of Macao, China
Mr. Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, ESCAP
Presentations:
Session 1: The GATS and the Current Services Round -
Overview and Outlook
Mr. Lee Tuthill, Counselor, Trade in Services Division,
WTO
Session 2: Intra-regional Services Trade: Market Access Beyond
GATS
Mr. Carsten Fink, World Bank Institute, Geneva
Session 3: Tourism, MICE related services and regulation
Mr. Natwut Amornvivat, CEO, Thailand Convention
and Exhibition Bureau
Mr. Vandy Ho, Managing Director, World Express
Tours and President, Cambodia Association of
Travel Agents
Session 4: Regulation matters: examples from banking and
insurance, logistics and transport sectors
Mr. Kern Alexander, Centre of Financial Analysis and
Policy, University of Cambridge
Mr. Andrew Hudson,, Director, Australian Services
Roundtable
Presentation on Macao Development
Session 5: Environmental Services: Policy Innovation and
Business Opportunities
Mr. Sitanon Jesdapipat, Acting Director, Center
for Natural Resources and Environmental
Management, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai
Session 6: Supply chains, offshoring and outsourcings -
role of services
Mr. Stephen W. Braim, Vice President,
Governmental Programs IBM Asia Pacific
Mr. Michael Mudd, Director of Public Policy Asia
Pacific, The Computing Technology Industry
Association
Panel on strengthening the case for services liberalization: How and why should business influence policymakeers to secure service friendly environment
Mr. Robert Kramer, Vice President Public Policy, The
Computing Technology Industry Association,
Washington DC
Mr. Stewart Forbes, Malaysian Coalition of Services
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Participants
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Information note for participants
Programme
List of participants
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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: 6 March 2008 |
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