The Evolving WTO Regime and Regional Economic Cooperation: Implications for Northeast Asia

13-14 September 2002

Shilla Hotel, Seoul

Hosted by Korea Development Institute
and Observatory of Globalisation, Barcelona University

* Presenters' Bio Info.　 [PDF File]
 

- Day One (13 September 2002) -

Session I. Multilateral Rules and Regional Economic Cooperation: An Overview

Patrick LOW (Director, Development and Economic Research, WTO)
　The Economics and Politics of Non-Discrimination in the WTO　 [PDF File]

Clemens BOONEKAMP (Director, Trade Review Mechanism, WTO)
　Regional Trade Integration under Transformation 　[PDF File]

Ramon TORRENT (Director, Observatory of Globalisation, Barcelona University)
　Regional Cooperation within the Multilateral System of Rules　 [PDF File]

Wonhyuk LIM (Research Fellow, KDI)
　Northeast Asian Economic Cooperation: Rhetoric vs. Reality　 [PDF File]

Session II. Northeast Asian Economic Cooperation: Country Perspectives

Baohua JIA (Professor, University of International Business and Economics)
　WTO and Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia: China's Perspective
　 [PDF File]

Mitsuo MATSUSHITA (Professor, Seikei University)
　Economic Partnership and Free Trade Agreements in East Asia:
　Japan's Experiment in the Framework of the WTO　 [PDF File]

Inkyo CHEONG (Research Fellow, KIEP)
　Korea's FTA Policy: Focusing on Bilateral FTAs with Chile and Japan
　 [PDF File]

Byung-Koo CHO (Research Fellow, KDI)
　The Korean Problem and Northeast Asian Economic Cooperation 　[PDF File]

Session III. General Discussion

Itsushi TACHI (Director, Policy Research Department, NIRA)
　Northeast Asia Economic Cooperation: Japan's Perspective　 [PDF File]

Jia-huang WU (Vice Chairman, China WTO Research Center)
　Opportunities Provided by China's WTO Accession 　[PDF File]

Discussion

- Day Two (14 September 2002) -

Session IV. Lessons from Regional Cooperation: Internal and External Dimensions

Diego CANGA (Advisor to Commissioner for Energy and Transports, EC)
　European Energy Cooperation: From the European Coal and Steel Community
　to the European Energy Charter　 [PDF File]

Andrea ROSSI (Analysis Unit, D.G. Trade, EC)
　The EU Experience with Regional Integration and Bilateral Relations 　[PDF File]

Roberto BOUZAS (Professor, University of San Andres, Buenos Aires)
　Lessons from Regional Cooperation: The Experience of the Common Market
　of the South (MERCOSUR)　 [PDF File]

Antoni ESTEVADERORDAL (Trade and Regional Integration Department, IADB)
　Regional Trade Agreements and Regional Cooperation Agreements:
　What Is the Nexus?　 [PDF File]

Session V. Regulatory Framework for Trade and Investment: Emerging Issues

Philippe Meyer (Investments, Standards and TBT Unit, D.G. Trade, EC)
　The Development Dimension of Trade and Investment in the New WTO Round
 　[PDF File]

Pierre SAUVE (Services and Investment Directorate, OECD)
　Towards Multilateral Investment Rules: Lessons from the Periphery　 [PDF File]

Dukgeun AHN (Professor, KDI School)
　Korea in the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System 　[PDF File]