Fostering Trade through Private-Public Dialogue
Expert Meeting on Regional Integration in Asia
New Delhi, India, 28-29 March 2007
| 28 March 2007 |
| Opening Session |
| Welcome Remarks: |
Dr. Rajiv Kumar , Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER |
| Statement by: |
Mr. Stephen Browne, Deputy Executive Director, International Trade Centre, Geneva |
| Inaugural Address: |
Mr. G. K. Pillai, Commerce Secretary, Government of India |
| Keynote Address: |
Prof. T.N. Srinivasan, Professor of Economics Yale University, CT, USA [ Download Presentation] [ Download Paper] |
| Asian Regionalism |
| Chair: |
Dr. Rajiv Kumar , Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER |
| Speaker: |
Dr. Jiangyu Wang, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
“ China , India and Regional Integration in Asia ”
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Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director, RIS, New Delhi
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Dr. Aparna Sawhney , Associate Professor, CCentre for International Trade and Development, JNU, “Role of SAARC in Asian Regionalism"
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| Respondents: |
Mr. Mahmood Ahmed, Former Vice President (FPCCI), Pakistan
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| Supply Chain Linkages across borders in Asia |
| Chair: |
Ms. Aicha Pouye, Director, International Trade Centre, Geneva |
| Speaker: |
Prof. Prema-chandra Athukorala Professor of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
“Production fragmentation and Trade Integration in East Asia and lessons for South Asia ” [Download Presentation] [ Download Paper] |
| Respondents: |
Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Director General, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers ( SIAM ), India
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Mr. Andin Hadiyanto, Director, Business Climate Research and Development Center Trade Research and Development Agency, Ministry of Trade , Indonesia
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| Transactions Costs in Regional Trade and Trade Facilitation |
| Chair: |
Ms. Aicha Pouye, Director, International Trade Centre, Geneva |
| Speaker: |
Dr. Upali Wickramasinghe Department of Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura , Sri Lanka
“Transaction costs and Trade Facilitation in South Asia ”
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| Respondents: |
Ms. Nisha Taneja , Senior Fellow, ICRIER
Mr. Shahid Bashir, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce , Pakistan [Download Paper]
Mr. Raja Abdul Aziz Raja Musa, Vice President Chairman, Customs Committee, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers, Malaysia [Download Presentation] |
| 29 March 2007 |
| Intra-Regional Services Trade in Asia |
| Chair: |
Dr. Veena Jha, UNCTAD, India |
| Speaker: |
Mr. Kailas Karthikeyan, UNCTAD, India [Download Presentation] |
| Respondents: |
Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Senior Fellow, ICRIER |
| Intra-Regional Investment Opportunities and Challenges |
| Chair: |
Ms. Aicha Pouye, Director, International Trade Centre, Geneva |
| Speaker: |
Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue , Bangladesh [Download Presentation]
Dr. Aradhna Aggarwal, ICRIER and Delhi University
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| Respondents: |
Mr. Crisanto Joselito Frianeza, Secretary General, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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| Prospects of Asian Integration |
| Chair: |
Mr. Stephen Browne, Deputy Executive Director, International Trade Centre, Geneva |
| Speaker: |
Prof. Razeen Sally, London School of Economics “Asian FTAs and prospects of further integration”
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| Respondents: |
Dr. Ram Upendra Das, Fellow, RIS
Ms. Maria Regina Serafico, Supervising Trade and Industry Development Specialist, Bureau of International Trade Relations Department of Trade and Industry , Philippines
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Mr. Buntoon Wongseelashote, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Trade Related Issues, The Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade of Thailand
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| Concluding Session |
| Chair: |
Dr. Rajiv Kumar , Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER |
| Concluding |
| Remarks: |
Mr. Stephen Browne, Deputy Executive Director, International Trade Centre, Geneva
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