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PECC International Project: Asia-Pacific Strategies for the Global Trading System.

From October 28, 2019 until October 30, 2019
At Canada, Vancouver
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PECC International Seminar Series: Vancouver

Asia-Pacific Strategies for the Global Trading System

28 - 30 October 2019

 

Program

 

Monday, 28 October 2019  
   
 0900 - 0910
 		  Welcome Address
  • Stewart Beck, President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
 Opening Remarks
  • Don Campbell, PECC Co-Chair, Chair CANCPEC, Strategic Advisor DLA Piper
 0910 - 0930   Keynote Address ( pdf download (360 KB) )
  • Pascal Lamy, Chair FPTPEC
 0930 - 1050
 

 		 Current Challenges to the International Trading system: Part 1
This first session aims to provide an analysis of the evolution of trade over the past few decades and to discuss current shifts in the international trade architecture.
 Chair:
  • Rob Scollay, Auckland University
 Current Challenges faced by the WTO and the multilateral trading system
  • Stephen de Boer, Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO
 Trade Outcomes from the G7 Summit in France
  • Philippe Sutter, Consul General of France in Vancouver
 Can the Centre hold? Revitalizing the WTO ( pdf download (222 KB) )
  • Debra Steger, Former Director of the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO, Professor, Univesity of Ottawa
 TPP-11, the Japan-EU EPA, and RCEP following the G20 Osaka Summit ( pdf download (2.93 MB) )
  • Masahiro Kawai, Representative Director & Director-General, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA)
 1045 - 1050  Concluding remarks by the Chair
 1050 - 1100  Break
 1100 - 1230 

  Current Challenges to the International Trading System: Part 2
 Chair:
  • Richard Cantor, Chief Credit Officer, Moody's Corporation, Chair USPECC
 Essential features of the Rules-Based Trading System of the Future ( pdf download (549 KB) )
  • Rob Scollay, University of Auckland
The International Trading System, the EU's Perspective
  • Pascal Lamy, Chair FPTPEC
The Pacific Alliance, the TPP11 and the International Trading System
  • Jorge Heine, Research Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies, and former Ambassador of Chile to China
WTO Reform and China ( pdf download (286 KB) )
  • Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
The Role of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) ( pdf download (1.17 MB) )
  • Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary General, PECC International Secretariat
 1220 - 1230  Concluding Remarks by Chair
 1230 - 1330  Lunch Break
 1330 - 1500 

 		 The New Trading Order Across the Pacific
 This session will explore the future direction of the global trade and investment architecture. Panelists will discuss various policy measures, other than tariffs, that can potentially affect trade in goods and services.
 Chair:
  • Pascal Lamy, Chair FPTPEC
New trade agreements: How can they fit with a WTO approach: the US/Canada/Mexico Trade Agreement
  • Stephen de Boer, Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO
 The European Union and Japan Trade Agreement
  • Masahiro Kawai, Representative Director & Director-General, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA)
 FTAAP Next Generation Trade & Investment Issues (NGeTi): A Business Perspective ( pdf download (458 KB) )
  • Juan Navarro, Lecturer, Royal Roads University
The Future of U.S. Trade Policy
  • Charles Morrison, Senior Fellow, East West Center, Former PECC Co-Chair
1445 - 1500 Concluding Remarks from Chair
1500 - 1515 Break
 1515 - 1700 The New Trading Order across the Pacific: Part 2 - Security Issues and Non-Tariff Measures
Chair:
  • Don Campbell, PECC Co-Chair, Chair CANCPEC, Strategic Advisor DLA Piper
Trade facilitation issues: how differences in regulation can be reduced ( pdf download (739 KB) )
  • Marion Jansen, Chief Economist, International Trade Centre (ITC)
International Trade and Security
  • Jeffrey Reeves, Vice President of Research, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Middle Power Coordination in the Tradition and Digital Economy in the Asia-Pacific: Canadian Opportunities ( pdf download (530 KB) )
  • Stephen Nagy, Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Visiting Fellow, Japan Institute for International Affairs
1655 - 1700 Concluding remarks by the Chair
 
Tuesday, 29 October 2019  
 0900 - 1035 
 		 Trade in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Digital Trade
 This session will look at policy development for the various dimensions of digital trade, including the development of e-commerce, cross border data flows and privacy protection. How does e-trade affect the mulilateral trading system and can it facilitate the inclusion of developing economies on the global scale?
 Chair:
  • Charles Morrison, Senior Fellow, East West Center, Former PECC Co-Chair
 Data is different: Why the World Needs a New Approach to Govern Cross-Border Data Flows ( pdf download (1.32 MB) )
  • Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Professor of International Affairs, Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, George Washington University, Senior Fellow, CIGI
Competition, Fragmentation, and Governance: Challenges of the Rising E-Commerce Economy
  • Yves Tiberghien, Professor, University of British Columbia, Director Emeritus, Institute of Asian Research

 Digital Trade: Digital Technology and Implications Beyond GDP Measures and Policies ( pdf download (3.76 MB) )
  • Duangthip Chomprang, Director, International Cooperation, Institute for International Trade and Development
 1030 - 1035  Concluding remarks by the Chair
 1035 - 1045  Break
 1045 - 1200

  		 The governance and impacts of artificial intelligence
 This panel will discuss the impact of AI and relevnt issues in digital economy, data governance, and increasingly entangled tech-geopolitics web in the er of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
 Chair:
  • Hugh Stephens, Vice Chair, CANCPEC
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Global E-Commerce: The Amazon vs. Alibaba Case Study ( pdf download (1002 KB) )
  • Simon Mueller, Co-Founder and Vice President, The Future Society
 AI Policy from East to West: A Cultural and Ethical Look at the Policies Governing AI ( pdf download (432 KB) )
  • Dongwoo Kim, Project Specialist, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
 Data Regulation in Trade Agreements: Three Digital Kingdoms ( pdf download (317 KB) )
  • Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
 1155 - 1200  Concluding remarks by the Chair
 1200 - 1300  Lunch Break
 1300 - 1445  The Governance and Impacts of Artificial Intelligence: Part 2 - Expert Roundtable Dialogue
Chair:
  • Jean-Luc Le Bideau, FPTPEC
Governing AI: From Principles to Implementation
  • Barbara Olagaray Gatto, Senior Director, Global Government Affairs, Microsoft
AI Plans, Data Governance and Comparative Advantage ( pdf download (988 KB) )
  • Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Professor of International Affairs, Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, George Washington University, Senior Fellow, CIGI
Managing AI's distributional consequences and the risk of global fragmentation
  • Yves Tiberghien, Professor, University of British Columbia, Director Emeritus, Institute of Asian Research
Commentators:
  • Duangthip Chomprang, Director, International Cooperation, Institute for International Trade and Development

  • Marion Jansen, Chief Economist, International Trade Centre (ITC)

  • Simon Mueller, Co-Founder and Vice President, The Future Society
 1440 - 1445  Concluding remarks by Chair
 1445 - 1500  Break
 1500 - 1700  Gender and Trade
 This session will examine the key issue of gender perspectives in trade policy. Panelists will discuss the breadth and efficacy of measures taken by governments and intergovernmental agencies to promote women's economic empowerment through trade.
 Chair:
  • Marion Jansen, Chief Economist, International Trade Centre (ITC)
1430 - 1440 Keynote Address
  • Marion Jansen, Chief Economist, International Trade Centre (ITC)
  Expert Roundtable Dialogue
   Human Rights Concerns in Trade Policy: Recent Legal Reforms ( pdf download (306 KB) )
  • Pitman Potter, Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
The Gender Trade Gap: Gender-Specific Constraints Affecting Women in Trade
  • Stephen de Boer, Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO
Canada Chile Free Trade Agreement
  • Judit Fabian, Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
APEC's Work on Women and Trade ( pdf download (320 KB) )
  • Chen-Sheng Ho, Vice Chair CTPECC
Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Agreements ( pdf download (255 KB) )
  • Debra Steger, Former Director of the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO, Professor, Univesity of Ottawa
 1655 - 1700  Concluding remarks by Chair
   
 Wednesday, 30 October 2019 
   
 0900 - 1130  Concluding Session
 Chair:
  • Pascal Lamy, Chair FPTPEC
 0900 - 0915 A business point of view: New challenges for MNEs, Trade and Environment ( pdf download (2.68 MB) )
  • Nicolas Renard, Advisor to the Chairman and CEO, Veolia
 0915 - 0930 View from Canadian Private Sector
  • Don Campbell, PECC Co-Chair, Chair CANCPEC, Strategic Advisor DLA Piper
0930 - 1115 Concluding Roundtable
This concluding roundtable will serve as a guided discussion amongst all participants. The objective of this discussion is to put forward actionable policy recommendations which will be established in this seminar's legacy document.
  • Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary General, PECC International Secretariat

  • All Participants
1115 - 1130 Concluding remarks
  • Don Campbell, PECC Co-Chair, Chair CANCPEC, Strategic Advisor DLA Piper

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