9:00 –
9:30: Welcome Remarks
By Christophe Bellmann (ICTSD) and Marilyn Alarilla (Department of
Foreign Affairs, Philippines)
9:30 –
12:15: The Role of Services Trade in Sustainable Development
Chairman: Christophe
Bellmann
Trade in Services
and Sustainable Development
Aaditya Mattoo (India)
World Bank
via video-conference
The
state of play in the GATS negotiations
Sumanta Chaudhuri (India)
Permanent Mission of India to the WTO
Services
in a Development Round: What is at Stake for Developing Countries
Umberto Celli (Brazil)
Institute of Trade Law and Development
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15
Discussion
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 15:15: The Emerging Trends in GATS, Regional and Bilateral
Negotiations
Chairperson: Anja
Gomm, GTZ
Issues
for Consideration in Regional and Bilateral Negotiations
Martin Molinuevo (Argentina)
World Bank / World Trade Institute
A
Comparative Study of Bilateral FTA/CEP Arrangements
John Avila (Philippines)
University of Asia & Pacific
The Philippine’s
experience in regional and bilateral negotiations
Discussant: Angelo Benedictos (Philippines)
Department of Trade and Industry
15:15 -15:30 Coffee
Break
15:30 –
17:30: Some Systemic Issues: Rule-Making in the Services Negotiations
- Disciplines on Domestic Regulation and an Emergency Safeguard Mechanism
Chairman: Martin
Watson
The status
of negotiations on disciplines on domestic regulation in the WTO
TBA (Hong Kong – China)
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
The case for (and against) an ESM
Kanitha Kungsawanich (Thailand)
Permanent Mission of Thailand to the WTO
Negotiations on new rules (domestic regulation and emergency safeguards)
- the perspective from developing countries
Discussant: Shaista Sohail (Pakistan)
Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the WTO
