RIETI - Assessing Quality and Impacts of Major Free Trade Agreements

Events

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)

Opening Remarks

Part I Ex-ante (text-based) Assessment of the Quality of FTAs

	Session 1: "Rules of Origin (ROO)"
	Session 2: "Liberalization of Agricultural Trade"
	Session 3: "Trade in Services"
	Session 4: Foreign Direct Investment
	Session 5: "Safeguards"

Part II Ex-post Assessment of Actual Impacts of FTAs

	Session 1: "Impacts on Trade Flows"
	Session 3: "Utilization of Preferential Treatment under FTA"

Part III In Search of Desirable FTA Policies: Implications from FTA Quality Assessment and FTA Impact Studies

Closing Remarks