| Monday, 28 October 2019 |
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0900 - 0910
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Welcome Address
- Stewart Beck, President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
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Opening Remarks
- Don Campbell, PECC Co-Chair, Chair CANCPEC, Strategic Advisor DLA Piper
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| 0910 - 0930 |
Keynote Address (
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- Pascal Lamy, Chair FPTPEC
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0930 - 1050
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Current Challenges to the International Trading system: Part 1
This first session aims to provide an analysis of the evolution of trade over the past few decades and to discuss current shifts in the international trade architecture.
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Chair:
- Rob Scollay, Auckland University
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Current Challenges faced by the WTO and the multilateral trading system
- Stephen de Boer, Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO
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Trade Outcomes from the G7 Summit in France
- Philippe Sutter, Consul General of France in Vancouver
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Can the Centre hold? Revitalizing the WTO (
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- Debra Steger, Former Director of the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO, Professor, Univesity of Ottawa
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TPP-11, the Japan-EU EPA, and RCEP following the G20 Osaka Summit (
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- Masahiro Kawai, Representative Director & Director-General, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA)
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| 1045 - 1050 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair
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| 1050 - 1100 |
Break
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1100 - 1230
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Current Challenges to the International Trading System: Part 2
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Chair:
- Richard Cantor, Chief Credit Officer, Moody's Corporation, Chair USPECC
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Essential features of the Rules-Based Trading System of the Future (
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- Rob Scollay, University of Auckland
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The International Trading System, the EU's Perspective
- Pascal Lamy, Chair FPTPEC
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The Pacific Alliance, the TPP11 and the International Trading System
- Jorge Heine, Research Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies, and former Ambassador of Chile to China
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WTO Reform and China (
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- Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
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The Role of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) (
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- Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary General, PECC International Secretariat
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| 1220 - 1230 |
Concluding Remarks by Chair
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| 1230 - 1330 |
Lunch Break
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1330 - 1500
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The New Trading Order Across the Pacific
This session will explore the future direction of the global trade and investment architecture. Panelists will discuss various policy measures, other than tariffs, that can potentially affect trade in goods and services.
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Chair:
- Pascal Lamy, Chair FPTPEC
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New trade agreements: How can they fit with a WTO approach: the US/Canada/Mexico Trade Agreement
- Stephen de Boer, Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO
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The European Union and Japan Trade Agreement
- Masahiro Kawai, Representative Director & Director-General, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA)
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FTAAP Next Generation Trade & Investment Issues (NGeTi): A Business Perspective (
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- Juan Navarro, Lecturer, Royal Roads University
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The Future of U.S. Trade Policy
- Charles Morrison, Senior Fellow, East West Center, Former PECC Co-Chair
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| 1445 - 1500 |
Concluding Remarks from Chair
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| 1500 - 1515 |
Break
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| 1515 - 1700 |
The New Trading Order across the Pacific: Part 2 - Security Issues and Non-Tariff Measures
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Chair:
- Don Campbell, PECC Co-Chair, Chair CANCPEC, Strategic Advisor DLA Piper
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Trade facilitation issues: how differences in regulation can be reduced (
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- Marion Jansen, Chief Economist, International Trade Centre (ITC)
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International Trade and Security
- Jeffrey Reeves, Vice President of Research, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
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Middle Power Coordination in the Tradition and Digital Economy in the Asia-Pacific: Canadian Opportunities (
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- Stephen Nagy, Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Visiting Fellow, Japan Institute for International Affairs
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| 1655 - 1700 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair
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Tuesday, 29 October 2019
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0900 - 1035
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Trade in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Digital Trade
This session will look at policy development for the various dimensions of digital trade, including the development of e-commerce, cross border data flows and privacy protection. How does e-trade affect the mulilateral trading system and can it facilitate the inclusion of developing economies on the global scale?
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Chair:
- Charles Morrison, Senior Fellow, East West Center, Former PECC Co-Chair
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Data is different: Why the World Needs a New Approach to Govern Cross-Border Data Flows (
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- Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Professor of International Affairs, Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, George Washington University, Senior Fellow, CIGI
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Competition, Fragmentation, and Governance: Challenges of the Rising E-Commerce Economy
- Yves Tiberghien, Professor, University of British Columbia, Director Emeritus, Institute of Asian Research
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Digital Trade: Digital Technology and Implications Beyond GDP Measures and Policies (
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- Duangthip Chomprang, Director, International Cooperation, Institute for International Trade and Development
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| 1030 - 1035 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair
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| 1035 - 1045 |
Break
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1045 - 1200
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The governance and impacts of artificial intelligence
This panel will discuss the impact of AI and relevnt issues in digital economy, data governance, and increasingly entangled tech-geopolitics web in the er of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Chair:
- Hugh Stephens, Vice Chair, CANCPEC
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Global E-Commerce: The Amazon vs. Alibaba Case Study (
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- Simon Mueller, Co-Founder and Vice President, The Future Society
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AI Policy from East to West: A Cultural and Ethical Look at the Policies Governing AI (
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- Dongwoo Kim, Project Specialist, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
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Data Regulation in Trade Agreements: Three Digital Kingdoms (
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- Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
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| 1155 - 1200 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair
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| 1200 - 1300 |
Lunch Break
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| 1300 - 1445 |
The Governance and Impacts of Artificial Intelligence: Part 2 - Expert Roundtable Dialogue
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Chair:
- Jean-Luc Le Bideau, FPTPEC
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Governing AI: From Principles to Implementation
- Barbara Olagaray Gatto, Senior Director, Global Government Affairs, Microsoft
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AI Plans, Data Governance and Comparative Advantage (
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- Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Professor of International Affairs, Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, George Washington University, Senior Fellow, CIGI
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Managing AI's distributional consequences and the risk of global fragmentation
- Yves Tiberghien, Professor, University of British Columbia, Director Emeritus, Institute of Asian Research
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Commentators:
- Duangthip Chomprang, Director, International Cooperation, Institute for International Trade and Development
- Marion Jansen, Chief Economist, International Trade Centre (ITC)
- Simon Mueller, Co-Founder and Vice President, The Future Society
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| 1440 - 1445 |
Concluding remarks by Chair
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| 1445 - 1500 |
Break
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| 1500 - 1700 |
Gender and Trade
This session will examine the key issue of gender perspectives in trade policy. Panelists will discuss the breadth and efficacy of measures taken by governments and intergovernmental agencies to promote women's economic empowerment through trade.
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Chair:
- Marion Jansen, Chief Economist, International Trade Centre (ITC)
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| 1430 - 1440 |
Keynote Address
- Marion Jansen, Chief Economist, International Trade Centre (ITC)
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Expert Roundtable Dialogue |
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Human Rights Concerns in Trade Policy: Recent Legal Reforms (
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- Pitman Potter, Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
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The Gender Trade Gap: Gender-Specific Constraints Affecting Women in Trade
- Stephen de Boer, Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO
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Canada Chile Free Trade Agreement
- Judit Fabian, Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
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APEC's Work on Women and Trade (
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- Chen-Sheng Ho, Vice Chair CTPECC
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Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Agreements (
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- Debra Steger, Former Director of the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO, Professor, Univesity of Ottawa
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| 1655 - 1700 |
Concluding remarks by Chair
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| Wednesday, 30 October 2019 |
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| 0900 - 1130 |
Concluding Session
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Chair:
- Pascal Lamy, Chair FPTPEC
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| 0900 - 0915 |
A business point of view: New challenges for MNEs, Trade and Environment (
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- Nicolas Renard, Advisor to the Chairman and CEO, Veolia
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| 0915 - 0930 |
View from Canadian Private Sector
- Don Campbell, PECC Co-Chair, Chair CANCPEC, Strategic Advisor DLA Piper
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| 0930 - 1115 |
Concluding Roundtable
This concluding roundtable will serve as a guided discussion amongst all participants. The objective of this discussion is to put forward actionable policy recommendations which will be established in this seminar's legacy document.
- Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary General, PECC International Secretariat
- All Participants
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| 1115 - 1130 |
Concluding remarks
- Don Campbell, PECC Co-Chair, Chair CANCPEC, Strategic Advisor DLA Piper
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