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13:00-18:00, Thursday, March 22, 2007;
10:00-17:10, Friday, March 23, 2007
ANA Hotel Tokyo, Galaxy Banquet Room, B1F
12-33, Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052
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)
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 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
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| 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
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 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.
