- Program
- Handouts
- Event Report
- Time and Date:
13:00-18:00, Thursday, March 22, 2007;
10:00-17:10, Friday, March 23, 2007
- Venue:
ANA Hotel Tokyo, Galaxy Banquet Room, B1F
12-33, Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 - Language:
Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Handouts (Thursday, March 22, 2007 13:00-18:00)
| Symposium Chair: | |
| KIMURA Takako (RIETI) | |
13:00-13:10 Opening Remarks
WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Department of Economics, Keio University / Professor Emeritus, Yokohama National University)
Part I Ex-ante (text-based) Assessment of the Quality of FTAs
13:10-14:05 Session 1: Rules of Origin (ROO)
| Session Chair: | |
 URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University) |
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13:10-13:35 Presentation: "Rules of Origin (ROO) in Free Trade Agreements"
13:35-13:50 Discussant
 Antoni ESTEVADEORDAL (Principal Advisor, Integration and Regional Programs Department, Inter-American Development Bank)Presentation [PDF:268KB] |
14:05-15:00 Session 2: Liberalization of Agricultural Trade
| Session Chair: | |
| URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University) |
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14:05-14:30 Presentation: "Agricultural Liberalization in Free Trade Agreements"
 Inkyo CHEONG (Professor of Economics and Director for Center on FTA Studies, Inha University) CHO Jungran (Research Fellow, Center on FTA Studies, Inha University)Presentation [PDF:1.2MB] |
14:30-14:45 Discussant
OHGA Keiji (Professor, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University)Presentation [PDF:181KB] (Japanese) |
15:15-16:10 Session 3: Trade in Services
| Session Chair: | |
 Robert SCOLLAY (Director, APEC Study Centre, and Associate Professor of Economics, The University of Auckland) |
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15:15-15:40 Presentation: "Services in Free Trade Agreements"
 Christopher FINDLAY (Head and Professor, School of Economics, The University of Adelaide)Paper [PDF:360KB] Presentation [PDF:90KB] |
15:40-15:55 Discussant
KIMURA Fukunari (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)16:10-17:05 Session 4: Foreign Direct Investment
| Session Chair: | |
| Robert SCOLLAY (Director, APEC Study Centre, and Associate Professor of Economics, The University of Auckland) |
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16:10-16:35 Presentation: "An Analysis of the Restrictions on Foreign Direct Investment in Free Trade Agreements"
16:35-16:50 Discussant
Myrna AUSTRIA (Full Professor, Department of Economics, De La Salle University)17:05-18:00 Session 5: Safeguards
| Session Chair: | |
| Robert SCOLLAY (Director, APEC Study Centre, and Associate Professor of Economics, The University of Auckland) |
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17:05-17:30 Presentation: "On the Comparison of Safeguard Mechanisms of Free Trade Agreements"
KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)Paper [PDF:160KB] Presentation [PDF:49KB] |
17:30-17:45 Discussant
KOBAYASHI Kenichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)Handouts (Friday, March 23, 2007 10:00-17:10)
Part II Ex-post Assessment of Actual Impacts of FTAs
10:00-10:55 Session 1: Impacts on Trade Flows
| Session Chair: | |
| Christopher FINDLAY (Head and Professor, School of Economics, The University of Adelaide)
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10:00-10:25 Presentation: "The Impacts of Free Trade Agreements on Trade Flows: An Application of the Gravity Model Approach"
10:25-10:40 Discussant
| Robert SCOLLAY (Director, APEC Study Centre, and Associate Professor of Economics, The University of Auckland) Presentation [PDF:42KB] |
10:55-11:50 Session 2: Economic Impacts
| Session Chair: | |
| Christopher FINDLAY (Head and Professor, School of Economics, The University of Adelaide)
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10:55-11:20 Presentation: "Assessing the Economic Impacts of Free Trade Agreement: A Computable Equilibrium Model Approach"
 ABE Kazutomo (Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Denki University)Paper [PDF:359KB] Presentation [PDF:85KB] |
11:20-11:35 Discussant
 ITAKURA Ken (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University)Presentation [PDF:263KB] |
13:00-13:55 Session 3: Utilization of Preferential Treatment under FTA
| Session Chair: | |
| Inkyo CHEONG (Professor of Economics and Director for Center on FTA Studies, Inha University) |
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13:00-13:25 Presentation: "Use of Preferential Treatment under FTAs"
 TAKAHASHI Katsuhide (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University)Paper [PDF:200KB] Presentation [PDF:130KB] |
13:25-13:40 Discussant
 OKAYAMA Hidehiro (Deputy General Manager, International Division, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry)Presentation [PDF:178KB] |
13:55-14:50 Session 4: Ex-post Assessment of FTAs: The Case of Japan
| Session Chair: | |
| Inkyo CHEONG (Professor of Economics and Director for Center on FTA Studies, Inha University) |
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13:55-14:20 Presentation: "Impact of Japanese FTAs/EPAs"
 ANDO Mitsuyo (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)Paper [PDF:177KB] Presentation [PDF:423KB] |
14:20-14:35 Discussant
Jeffrey J. SCHOTT (Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics)Part III In Search of Desirable FTA Policies: Implications from FTA Quality Assessment and FTA Impact Studies
15:05-17:05 Panel Discussion
NAKATOMI Michitaka (Director-General for International Trade Policy, METI)17:05-17:10 Closing Remarks:
OIKAWA Kozo (Chairman, RIETI)* The agenda is subject to change.
