Programme
2
MARCH
9h00-9h30: Welcoming
Remarks by the Organisers
Roundtable 1:
The International Context
9h30-11h00:
The reality of trade in environmental goods
Ulrich Hoffmann, UNCTAD-CBTF
WTO
Negotiations on Environmental Goods: where are we now, where are we
heading?
Mahesh Sugathan, ICTSD (India)
Environmental
services in the WTO, state of play and prospects
Zhang Liping, Permanent Mission of China (China)
Integrating
Environmental Goods and Services Negotiations in the WTO Negotiations
Sanjay Kumar, Ministry of Commerce (India)
11h00-11h15:
Coffee/Tea
11h15-12h30:
Open Discussion
12h30-14h00:
Lunch Break
Roundtable
2: EGS Liberalisation under the WTO: Challenges and Opportunities for
Domestic Industries
14h00
- 14h45:
Creating supply capacity in environmental goods:
the role of domestic and trade policy instruments
Joy Kim, OECD (Korea)
Assessing
Domestic and Trade Policies in Building Environmental Services Capacity
in Asia
Aparna Sawhney, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (India)
14h45
- 15h45 Open Discussion
15h45
- 16h00: Coffee/Tea
Roundtable
3: EGS Markets and Trade Barriers for Asian Countries
16h00
- 17h15:
Markets and external barriers to Asian exports in environmental goods
Rokiah Alavi, International Islamic University (Malaysia)
Market
access barriers to Asian exports of environmental services
Chirath Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya, Department of Trade Negotiations (Thailand)
Tariff
and Non-tariff Barriers Facing Exports: Illustrations from the Renewable
Energy Sector in India
Chintan Shah, Suzlon (India)
17h15-17h30: Coffee/Tea
17h30
- 18h30: Open Discussion
