|
Day 1 - Wednesday, 21 July 2021
|
| 14:00 – 14:05 |
|
Welcome and opening remarks
- Brian Lynch
Chair, New Zealand Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (NZPECC), Business Consultant
|
| 14:05 – 14:15 |
|
Remarks
- Hon. Damien O’Connor
Minister of Trade and Export Growth, New Zealand
- Richard Cantor
Co-Chair, PECC; Chair, United States Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (USPECC); and Chief Credit Officer, Moody’s Corporation
|
| 14:15 – 15:30 |
|
Session 1: Challenges of the COVID recovery: Managing COVID and the challenges of reviving regional growth
Chair:
- Loreto Leyton
Chair, Chilean National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CHILPEC); and Executive Director, Chile Pacific Foundation
Managing the COVID Recovery – Trade Challenges
- Simon Evenett
Professor of International Trade and Economic Development and MBA Director of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
COVID - IP and other issues
- Susy Frankel
Chair in Intellectual Property and International Trade, Victoria University, Wellington
COVID - Logistic issues
- Shiumei Lin
Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability, United Parcel Service (UPS) Asia Pacific Region
Discussants:
- Alan Bollard
Professor of Practice, School of Government, Wellington School of Business and Government, Victoria University of Wellington and Chair for Pacific Region Business
- Shankaran Nambiar
Senior Research Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
|
| 15:30 – 15:40 |
|
Break
|
| 15:40 – 17:00 |
|
Session 2: Rebuilding support for open trade
Why an open trading system has been and will continue to be the most beneficial way to recovery and the economic future for all economies
Chair:
- Shujiro Urata
Senior Research Advisor to the President of ERIA
Case study on how the US has benefited from open trade addressing the future challenges
- Jeffrey Schott
Petersen Institute for International Economic
Case study on how China has benefited from open trade and future challenges
- Sheng Bin
Dean of School of Economics, Distinguished Professor, Institute of International Economics Nankai University, Director of China APEC Academy, Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Transnationals’ Study and APEC Study Center, Nankai University
Revitalising the multilateral trading system
- Manuel Agosin
Professor/Profesor, School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile
Discussants:
- Deborah Elms
Executive Director, Asian Trade Centre
- Robert Scollay
Associate Professor of Economics and Director, APEC Study Centre, University of Auckland
|
|
Day 2 – Thursday, 22 July 2021
|
| 14:05 – 15:20 |
|
Session 3: The Emerging Issues in the Digital Economy
Factors required for the acceleration of digital trade through regional coordination and the utilization of digital to enhance and promote regional economic integration.
Chair:
- Hugh Stephens
Vice Chair, Canadian National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CANCPEC)
Critical Issues in the Digital Economy
- Peter Lovelock
Head of Fair Tech Institute, Access Partnership
Safety and trust in the digital economy
- Lu Chuanying
Secretary General of the Cyberspace International Governance Research Center and Senior Research Fellow of Shanghai Institute for International Studies
Overview and assessment of future key issues in the digital economy in Korea
- Wonki Min
President of SUNY (the State University of New York) Korea
Discussants:
- Shiro Armstrong
Associate Professor, Crawford School Government; and Director of East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, Australia National University
- Esther Peh
Lead, External & Regulatory Affairs (Asia-Pacific), AT&T | WarnerMedia
|
| 15:20 – 15:30 |
|
Break
|
| 15:30 – 16:50 |
|
Session 4: Climate Change
De-carbonisation requires and will drive structural change and new patterns of trade. How to build support for the necessary changes. Developing vs developed economy perspectives and challenges.
Chair:
- Gordon De Brouwer
Chair, Australian Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (AUSPECC) and Honorary Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU)
Building support for climate change policies among diverse economies
- Pascal Lamy
Chair, France Pacific Territories National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (FPTPEC) and President Emeritus, European Institute of Jacques Delors, Paris
Challenges for addressing climate change in Thailand
- Narongchai Akrasanee
Chair, Thailand National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (TNCPEC) and Chairman, Seranee Holdings Co. Ltd
Developments in climate change-related policies: a US perspective
- David Victor
Professor of Innovation and Public Policy, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego
Discussants:
- Adrian Macey
Adjunct Professor, New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington
- Briony Wood-Ingram
Program Director, The Australian APEC Study Centre, RMIT University
- Kobad Bhavnagri
Global Head of Industrial Decarbonization, BloombergNEF
|
| 16:50 – 17:00 |
|
Closing remarks
- Zhan Yongxin, Co-Chair, PECC, Chair, China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CNCPEC)
|
