RIETI - Prospects for the Doha Round -Major Challenges in the Multilateral Trading System and their Implications for Japan-

Events

Date and Time: July 22, 2005, 9:30-18:25
Venue: Royal Room, Kasumigaseki Tokyokaikan (Kasumigaseki Building 34th Floor, 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Language: Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)

Conference Chair:
	KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor of Law, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University)

Opening Remarks:

Aim of the symposium:

Session 1: "Strategy and Benefits of Trade Liberalization - Multilateral vs Regional"

Session Chair:
	KIMURA Fukunari (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

Presentation:
	ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)

Discussants:
	UEDA Hideshi (Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
	KIKUCHI Tsutomu (Professor of International Political Economy, School of International Politics, Economics and Business, Aoyama Gakuin University)
	MUKUNOKI Hiroshi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)

Session 2: "What should be Dispute Settlement ? -On the Purpose of WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism-"

Session Chair:
	ARAKI Ichiro (Professor of Law, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University)

Presentation:
	KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)

Discussants:
	KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor of Law, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University)
	KOMETANI Kazumochi (Of Counsel, Nishimura & Partners / Professor, Hosei University Law School)
	FURUSAWA Taiji (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University) Presentation [PDF:51KB]

Session 3: "American Trade Politics and the Doha Round: Can the Twain Meet?"

Session Chair:
	YAMAMOTO Yoshinobu (Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Business, Aoyama Gakuin University)

Presentation:
	I. M. DESTLER (Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, USA) Presentation [PDF:96KB]

Discussants:
	ARAKI Ichiro (Professor of Law, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University)
	UCHIYAMA Yu (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
	MATSUMOTO Ken (Executive Advisor, The Fair Trade Center / President, KM International Associates, Inc.)

Session 4: "WTO and Global Governance - Overcoming Obstacles and Confrontation"

Session Chair:
	KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor of Law, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University)

Presentation:
	YAMAMOTO Yoshinobu (Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Business, Aoyama Gakuin University)

Discussants:
	AKANEYA Tatsuo (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
	ABE Kenzo (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
	KIMURA Fukunari (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

Panel Discussion: "Prospects for the Doha Round and Implications for Japan"

General Overview / Session Chair:
	KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)

Panelists:
	ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
	UEDA Hideshi (Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
	YAMAMOTO Yoshinobu (Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Business, Aoyama Gakuin University)
	I. M. DESTLER (Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, USA)

Closing Remarks: