TIER-RIETI-KIET Workshop

Advancing Economic Relationships with Southeast Asia

Information

  • Date: December 8, 2016
  • Venue: Ambassador Hotel Kaohsiung

Program

Opening Remarks

10:00-10:05

Chien-Fu LIN (President, TIER)

10:00-10:05

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

10:10-10:15

Byoung-Gyu YU (President, KIET)

10:15-10:20 Group Photo

Session 1 RIETI session chaired by Chien-Fu LIN

10:20-10:40 1st Presentation: Production Fragmentation in East Asia: Lessons from the Electronics Industry

Presenter:

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

10:40-10:50

Discussant:

Jaehan CHO (Associate Research Fellow, KIET)

10:50-11:10 Q & A

11:10-11:30 2nd Presentation: Determinants of Trade Policy Preferences in Japan and Implications for Overcoming Protectionism

Presenter:

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University)

11:30-11:40

Discussant:

Chen-Shen HO (Director, TIER)

11:40-12:00 Q & A

12:00-13:30 Lunch

Session 2 KIET session chaired by NAKAJIMA Atsushi

13:30-13:50 3rd Presentation: Korea's Industrial Cooperation with Indonesia: Current Status and Future Direction

Presenter:

Dong-Joo JOO (Senior Research Fellow, KIET)

13:50-14:00

Discussant:

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

14:00-14:20 Q & A

14:20-14:40 4th Presentation: MNCs and GVCs in Asia: Trends and Lessons

Presenter:

Jaehan CHO (Associate Research Fellow, KIET)

14:40-14:50

Discussant:

Francine LIN (Assistant Research Fellow, TIER)

14:50-15:10 Q & A

15:10-15:25 Coffee Break

Session 3 TIER session chaired by Byoung-Gyu YU

15:25-15:45 5th Presentation: Regional Cooperation with Southeast Asia: Outlook and Strategies

Presenter:

Ching-Yu TAN (Director, TIER)

15:45-15:55

Discussant:

Dongjoo JOO (Senior Research Fellow, KIET)

15:55-16:15 Q & A

16:15-16:35 6th Presentation: New Southbound Policy and Local Industries: The Case of Kaohsiung

Presenter:

Jason KAO (Director, TIER)

16:35-16:45

Discussant:

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University)

16:45-17:05 Q & A

Closing Remarks

17:05-17:10

Byoung-Gyu YU (President, KIET)

17:10-17:15

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

17:15-17:20

Chien-Fu LIN (President, TIER)