PECC-ADBI: Services Trade: New Approaches for the 21st Century

Day 1 Wednesday 1 June

1800

Registration for Welcoming Reception

1830

Welcoming Remarks

• Anthony J.L. Nightingale, Managing Director, Jardine Matheson Ltd;
  Chair of APEC Business Advisory Council Action Plan and Advocacy Working Group
  

• Alex Fong, CEO, HKGCC

• Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade in Services Division, WTO Secretariat
• Kaaren Koomen, Government Relations, IBM Australia and President, Australian Services Roundtable
• Tan Tai Hiong, Services and Investment Division, ASEAN Secretariat
• Dale Andrew, Head of Trade Policy Linkages and Services Division, OECD Secretariat
• Stewart Forbes, Executive Director, Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Coalition of Services Industries
• Ta-Chung (Jack) Chia, Secretary-General, Taiwan Coalition of Service Industries

• Bernard Pouliot, Chairman and CEO Quam Ltd; Director, Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC)

Day 2 Thursday 2 June

0830-0900

Registration

0900-0930

Official Opening

Chair:

• Sung Yun-wing, Associate Director, Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, CUHK; and Chair, Hong Kong PECC

Opening Address:

• Sir James Mirrlees, 1996 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Distinguished Professor-at-Large and Master, Morningside College, CUHK (youtube video)
  
• Charles E. Morrison, President, East-West Center and International Co-Chair, PECC (youtube video)
• Masahiro Kawai, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (youtube video)
• Maria Kwan, Director-General, Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (youtube video) / (paper)

0930-1115

Session 1: Theme 1: Behind the Border: Enhancing the Competitiveness of Services

Chair:

• Masahiro Kawai, Asian Development Bank Institute  
  
  

An Explanatory Framework for Measuring Services Value-added
(paper) / (presentation)

• Andreas Maurer, World Trade Organization 
• Ted Tschang, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Discussant:

• Julian Arkell, International Trade and Services Policy (paper)

 Determinants of Competitiveness and Factors affecting Productivity in Services
(paper) / default (presentation) (665 KB)

• Andrew McCredie, Australian Services Roundtable
• Christopher Findlay, University of Adelaide

Discussant:

• Moonjoong Tcha, Korean Development Institute default (presentation) (1.80 MB)

 Benchmarking Competitiveness in Services
(paper) / (presentation) - revised 22 June 2011

• Sebastien Saez, World Bank

Discussant:

• Jane Drake-Brockman, Australian Services Roundtable and Hong Kong Coalition of Services Industries
  (presentation)

1115-1130

Tea Break

1130-1230

Session 2: Theme 1: Behind the Border; Enhancing the Competitiveness of Services (continued)

Chair:

• Charles E Morrison, East-West Center and PECC
  
  

 Policy and Regulatory Priorities for Developing Efficient Services Industries
(presentation) (revised on 16 June 2011)

• Soonhwa Yi, World Bank

Discussant:

• Bapak Bachrul Chairi, Ministry of Trade, Indonesia

China’s Services Policy Reform: Pre and Post Global Financial Crisis
(paper) / (presentation)

• Yin Fang, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing

Discussant:

• Fukunari Kimura, Keio University (presentation)

1245-1415

Luncheon: LuMing Room, Benjamin Franklin Building

Tool kits for Promoting Services Exports
(presentation) 

• Fred Lam, Hong Kong Trade Development Council

1415-1600

Session 3: Theme 2: At the Border; Realizing the Benefits from Services Liberalization

Chair:  

• Sung Yun-wing: Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, CUHK and Hong Kong PECC
  
  

The OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index: Progress on the Regulatory Database
(presentation)

• Dale Andrews, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Massimo Geloso-Grosso, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Discussant:

• Christopher Findlay, University of Adelaide

 Overview of Policy Planning Techniques, Data Constraints and Results to Examine the Benefits of Services Trade and Investment Liberalization
(paper) / (presentation)

• Joe Francois, University of Vienna

Discussant:

• Hikari Ishido, Chiba University (presentation)

 Dissecting the Gains from Services Liberalization for Developing APEC Economies
(paper) / (presentation)

• Raymond Atje, Centre for Strategic and International Studies

Discussant:

• Fernando Gonzalez-Vigil, Universidad del Pacifico (presentation)

1600-1615

Tea Break

1615-1800

Session 4: Theme 2 At the Border; Realizing the Benefits from Services Liberalization (continued)

Chair:

• Ted Tschang, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
   

Employment and People-Movement Impacts of Services Trade Liberalization
(presentation)

• Gloria Pasadilla Asian Development Bank Institute
• Rupa Chanda, Indian Institute of Management

Discussant:

• Deunden Nikomborirak, Thailand Development Research Institute

Assessing the International Regulatory Framework applicable to Capital Movement and the Link between Capital Movement and Trade in Services
(paper) / (presentation)

• Federico Lupo Pasini, CUTS International

Discussant:

• Bryan Mercurio, Faculty of Law, CUHK
• David A. Katz, VISA Worldwide Pte Ltd (presentation)

Mapping the Universe of Services Disciplines in PTAs: The Indian Contribution
(paper) / (presentation)

• Biswajit Nag, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Discussant:

• Rajesh Sharma, Hong Kong WTO Research Institute default (presentation) (2.28 MB)

1830

Conference Dinner, Meraviglia, No. 10 Science Park West Avenue, Phase 2

Guest Speakers: 

• William Fung, Deputy Chair, Li and Fung Ltd
• Nicholas Brooks, Chairman, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

Q&A

Facilitator: 

• Bob Vastine, CEO US Coalition of Service Industries

Day 3  Friday 3 June

0900-1000

Session 5: Theme 3: “Improving the Governance of Services”

Chair:

• Jesus Seade, Lingnan University
  
  

What is the WTO Delivering for Services
(paper)

• Hamid Mamdouh, World Trade Organization

Discussant:

• Bob Vastine, US Coalition of Service Industries

Developing More Effective Negotiating Modalities and Narrowing the Governance Gap for Services at the WTO
(presentation)

• Jane Drake-Brockman, Australia Services Roundtable and Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries

Discussant:

• Sergio Marchi, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

1000-1015

Tea Break

1015-1115

Session 6: Theme 3 “Improving the Governance of Services” (continued)

Chair:

• Chin Leng Lim, Faculty of Law, Hong Kong University
   

Evaluating the Contributions of RTAs to Governance of Services Trade
(paper) / (presentation)

• Maryse Robert,   Organization of American States
• Sherry Stephenson, Organization of American States

Discussant:

• Shujiro Urata, Waseda University

The Services Components of TPP and a Possible FTAAP

• Bob Vastine, US Coalition of Service Industries (paper)
• Robert Scollay, University of Auckland default (paper) (37 KB)

Discussant:

• Jane Drake-Brockman, JDB Solutions (presentation)

1115-1215

Session 7: Theme 3 “Improving the Governance of Services” (continued)

Chair:

• Terence Chong, The Institute of Global Economics and Finance, CUHK
  

Challenges in Building an EU Single Market for Services

• Julian Arkell, International Trade and Services Policy (paper)

Discussant:

• Pascal Kerneis, European Services Forum

Challenges in Building the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services 
(paper) / (presentation)

• Tan Tai Hong, ASEAN Secretariat

Discussant:

• Fajar Hidayat, European Commission Jakarta
• Mia Mikic, United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific  default (presentation) (1.02 MB)

1215-1330

Luncheon Discussion: Chung Chi College Staff Centre

1330-1500

Policy Seminar (Chung Chi College Staff Centre):

How Services can promote integration in the Asia-Pacific

Moderator:

• Anthony Nightingale, Jardine Matheson Ltd, APEC Business Advisory Council Action Plan and Advocacy Working Group
  

Keynote Address:

• Paul Tighe, Australian's APEC Senior Official

Panellists:

• Jesus Seade, Lingnan University
• Pascal Kerneis, European Services Forum
• Stewart Forbes, International Chamber of Commerce, Malaysia
• Matt J. Matthews, US Deputy Consul, Hong Kong
• Jack Chia, Taipei Coalition of Services Industries  
• Kaaren Koomen, IBM Australia/New Zealand
• Carlos Kuriyama, APEC Policy Support Unit

1500-1515

Wrap Up and Closing Ceremony