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UNCTAD XII pre-event
The meetings co-organized by UNCTAD and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) - examined a joint JETRO-UNCTAD publication on South-South trade in Asia: the role of regional trade agreements. Participants representing the Japanese government, private sector, academia and NGOs looked at the implications of South-South Asian trade and RTAs for Asian developing countries, lessons for other developing regions and South-South trade in general. A panel discussion followed on issues raised by the research findings and on the future analytical and research agenda for economic cooperation among developing countries.
Lessons Learned from South-South Trade in Asian Regions
25 March, 2008, Tokyo
presentations
- Introduction
Victor Ognivtsev, Officer-in-Charge, Trade Analysis Branch, UNCTAD
- Expansion of South Expansion of South-South Trade and Asia
Miho Shirotori, Trade Analysis Branch, UNCTAD
- Comparative analysis of scope Comparative analysis of scope and coverage of South and coverage of South-South South RTAs RTAs in Asia
Minako Morita, Trade Analysis Branch, UNCTAD
- Global Business and FTA Strategies in Japanese Companies
Toshiki Takahashi - JETRO
- FTA as Business infrastructure - Focusing on Thailand’s case
Yoichi Kato - Chief Executive Director, JETRO Bangkok
- Why has the South-South trade developed in East Asia?
Fukunari Kimura Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Lessons Learned from South-South Trade and Role of Regional Trade Agreements in Asia
2 April 2008, Geneva
presentations
- Keynote address:
Tomoharu Washio, Executive Vice President, JETRO
- Expansion of South Expansion of South-South Trade and Asia
Miho Shirotori, Trade Analysis Branch, UNCTAD
- Rapidly Evolving FTAs in Asia
Ichiro Araki, Yokohama National University
- Comparative analysis of scope Comparative analysis of scope and coverage of South and coverage of South-South South RTAs RTAs in Asia
Minako Morita, Trade Analysis Branch, UNCTAD
- Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on Trade Components
Marco Fugazza, Trade Analysis Branch, UNCTAD
- ASEAN-related RTAs and their economic impacts
Director-General, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO
- India and South-South regional trade agreements
Sudip Ranjan Basu, Trade Analysis Branch, UNCTAD
- Random thoughts on South-South PTAs
Pierrre Sauvé, Deputy Managing Director and Director of Studies, World Trade Institute, Bern
- Global Business and FTA Strategies in Japanese Companies
Toshiki Takahashi - JETRO
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