Seminar on Key Trade Issues
Agenda

Session on Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speech

Registration

Opening Ceremony

Master of Ceremony - Teruo Ujiie, Senior Capacity Development Specialist RSDD, ADB, Manila

Opening Remarks - Masahiro Kawai, Dean, ADBI

Photo Session/Coffee Break
Meeting Room/Reception Area

New United States Trade Policy under the Obama Administration
Keynote Speech - Clayton Yeutter, Former United States Trade Representative and Secretary to Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Lunch Break - Reception Area

Session on World and Regional Economy and Trade

Global Financial Crisis and Asian Trade
Peter Morgan, Former Chief Asia Economist, HSBC and Senior Consultant, ADBI

Coffee Break - Reception Area

Regionalism and FTAs in the Asian Region
Ganeshan Wignaraja, Principal Economist, Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI), ADB, Manila

Reception hosted by ADBI - TBD

Session on Trade Policy of United States and Japan

Trade and WTO Aspects of Climate Change Border Measures
Warren Maruyama, Former General Counsel, USTR, and Partner, Hogan and Hartson, Washington, D.C.

Coffee Break - Reception Area

Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and Japan's Trade Policy and Practices
Representative, METI, Tokyo

Lunch Break - Reception Area

Session on Trade Remedy and Rules of Origin

Trade Defense Instruments in the European Union: Recent Developments
Edwin Vermulst, Founding Partner, Vermulst, Verhaeghe, Graafsma & Bronckers, Advocaten, Brussels, Chief Editor, Journal of World Trade

Coffee Break - Reception Area

Rules of Origin – Is there Any Solution Towards Simplification and harmonization in the Proliferation of FTAs?
Stefano Inama, Manager and Senior Trade and Customs Expert, Division for LDCs and Special Programs, UNCTAD, Geneva

Session on DDA and WCO/World Bank

Customs Agenda and Role of the World Customs Organization (WCO) in DDA
Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, WCO, Brussels

Coffee Break - Reception Area

DDA and the World Bank with Particular Emphasis on Aid for Trade and Trade Facilitation
Gerard McLinden, Senior Trade Facilitation Specialist, International Trade Department, World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Lunch Break - Reception Area

Session on Trade Facilitation and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms

Key Findings from an ADB/UNESCAP Joint Study on Trade Facilitation
Shintaro Hamanaka, Economist, OREI, ADB, Manila

Coffee Break - Reception Area

WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanisms Of Today and Tomorrow
Mitsuo Matsushita, Former WTO Standing Appellate Body Member, and Professor, Seikei University Tokyo

Wrap-up and Closing
Worapot Manupipatpong, Director, CBT, ADBI, Tokyo