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Plenary: Free Trade Agreements in Asia: Trends, Characteristics and Implications for Development
Organised by UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo in collaboration with ICTSD

Speakers:
Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University
Hafiz Pasha, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme
Dr. Mari Pangestu, Minister of Trade, Indonesia (invited)

Welcoming Reception for the Hong Kong Trade and Development Symposium & The Fair Trade Fair

Invited Speakers:
Aileen Carroll (Canadian Minister of International Cooperation)
Representative from the Swiss Consulate in Hong Kong
Peter Mandelson (EU Trade Commissioner)

14 December, Morning (09.00-10.00)

Plenary: Strengthening Global Trade Architecture for Development
Invited Speakers:
Mukhisa Kituyi (Minister of Trade, Kenya); Hilary Benn (Secretary of State for International Development, UK); Kofi Annan (Secretary-General, United Nations); Klaus Toepfer (Executive Director, UNEP); Martin Khor (Head, Third World Network); Silvia Ostry, University of Toronto; Ulla Tørnæs, Minister for Development Cooperation, Denmark

Environment and Natural Resources

Trade and Development

Dec 14 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 401

Debate: Is a Constructive Relationship Between the WTO and MEAs Possible?

Dec 14 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 403

Articulating Southern Perspectives on Trade and Environment

Dec 14 morning
10.00-13.00: Room 402

Globalisation and WTO Rules in Trade of Food and Agricultural Products

Dec 14 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 404

Advancing LDC Interests in the Doha Negotiations

14 December, Lunchtime (13.00-14.00)

Aid for Trade: Building Productive Capacities in the South Organisers: International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP) and ICTSD (Room 402)
Invited Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Juma Ngasongwa, Minister of Trade, United Republic of Tanzania; H.E. Madame Elisabeth Tankeu, Trade Commissioner, African Union; Mr. Robert Greenhill, President, Canadian International Development Agency; H.E. Dr. Mia Horn Af Rantzien, Ambassador of Sweden to the WTO; Dominique Njinkeu, Executive Director, International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP)

Special Film Viewing: Sustainable Consumption Organiser: Hong Kong People's Council for Sustainable Development (HKPCSD) (Room 403)

Dec 14 afternoon
14.00-16.15: Room 401

Farm Subsidies and Global Trade: Economic and Environmental Implications

Dec 14 afternoon
14.00-16.15: Room 403

Sustainable Consumption, Trade and the Environment

Dec 14 afternoon
14.00-16.15: Room 402

Assessing the Poverty Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda

Dec 14 afternoon
14.00-16.15: Room 404

Services Trade for Sustainable Development: Options for Developing Countries

Dec 14 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 401

Disclosure of Origins: Incorporating the CBD Principles in the TRIPS Agreement

Dec 14 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 403

From Traceability to Biotechnology: Trade and Food Safety Standards

Dec 14 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 402

Agricultural Commodities: What Role for the WTO?

Dec 14 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 404

NAMA: Implications for Development

Organiser: South Centre

14 December, Evening (19.30 - 20.30)

Hong Kong Fair Trade Fashion Show - Presented by People Tree

15 December, Morning (09.00 to 10.00)

Plenary: Focus on Fair Trade*

Speakers: Mark Ritchie (President of IATP); Mary Robinson (Honorary President of Oxfam); Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (Development Minister, Germany); Ambassador Love Mtesa (Permanent Representative of Zambia to the WTO)

Fair Trade*

Trade and Development

Dec 15 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 401

Lessons from Fair Trade for Trade Policy Making

Dec 15 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 403

Mainstreaming Fair Trade: Opportunities and Challenges?

Dec 15 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 402

Recovering Multilateralism in IP Policy Making: Can the WTO Deliver?

Dec 15 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 404

SP/SSMs: Linking Local Needs To Global Trade Rules

15 December, Lunch (13.00-14.00)

Dec 15 afternoon
14.15-16.30 Room 403

Fair Trade & WTO: Process and Production Methods (PPM)

Dec 15 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 402

Fair Trade and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Dec 15 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 401

South-South Cooperation on WTO Issues: Where Do We Stand and How to Move Forward?

Dec 15 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 404

Options for Progress on Agriculture: An Evaluation of the Key Agricultural Proposals

Organisers: Hong Kong People's Council for Sustainable Development (HKPCSD); Hong Kong Council of Social Services (HKCSS)

Dec 15 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 401

Expanding Asian Domestic Markets: Creating Consumer Awareness

Dec 15 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 403

Diversifying Products: Fair Trade in Tourism

Dec 15 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 402

Fisheries and Trade - Exploring Opportunities For Advancing Sustainable Development

Dec 15 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 404

Does Trade Lead to Poverty Reduction: Voices from Grassroots

15 December, Evening

Dec 15 Evening
19.15-21.15: Room 401

Capacity Building Through E-Education: The Philippine and China WTO Literacy Projects

Dec 15 Evening
19.15-21.15: Room 403

Fair Trade and Youth Movements

Dec 15 Evening
19.15-21.15: Room 402

Access to Information and Public Participation

Dec 15 Evening
19.15-21.15: Room 404

Counting on GATS Negotiations to Succeed

Organiser: Oxfam International Youth Parliament and Fair Trade Fair and Symposium Steering Committee

Organiser: Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente (CEDHA)

16 December, Morning (09.00- 10.00)

Plenary: Looking Ahead: Emerging Issues in the Multilateral Trading System

Invited Chair: Martin Wolf; Speakers: Erika Mann (Member of European Parliament); Yash Tandon (South Centre); Invited speakers: Amartya Sen (Harvard University); Salil Shetty (UN Millennium Campaign); Supachai Panitchpakdi (UNCTAD); Isher Ahluwalia (Director, ICRIER; Chair, IFPRI Board); Ian Goldin (World Bank); Simon Tay (Singapore Institute of International Affairs)

Systemic and Emerging Issues

Dec 16 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 402

Trade and Health Policy Coherence for Human Development

Dec 16 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 401

The Rush to Regionalism:
Trade Integration's Impact on Peace and the Environment

Dec 16 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 403

Environmental Goods and Sustainable Development: Can WTO Negotiations Make A Difference?

Dec 16 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 404

Putting Development First: The Need for Policy Space in the WTO

16 December, Lunch (13.00-14.00)

Dec 16 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 401

Post-Quota Trade in Textiles and Clothing in Asia: (Evaluating One Year of Evidence)

Dec 16 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 403

Challenges Facing Small States in the Doha Negotiations

Dec 16 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 402

China and WTO: Impacts and Interactions

Dec 16 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 404

Post-Hong Kong Research and Analytical Priorities for Low-income Countries

Organiser: China WTO Network

Dec 16 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 401

Trade Facilitation and Development: What Will and Won't the DDA Accomplish?

Dec 16 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 403

Towards a General Agreement in Public Services - Assessing the Limitations of the GATS

Dec 16 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 402

Enter the Dragon: the WTO and China

Dec 16 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 404

Trade, Aid and Security: Aiding, Trading or Abetting?

Organisers: The World Bank Group; WBI

17 December, Morning (09.00- 10.00)

Plenary: Trade and Development: The Legal Dimensions*

Speakers: Dr. Fiona Smith (University College London); Andrew D. Mitchell (University of Melbourne Law School); Dr. Tomer Broude (Hebrew University of Jerusalem); Inaamul Haque (Former Executive Director of the World Bank Group); Dr. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (Centre for International Sustainable Development Law)

Legal Dimensions*

Systemic and Emerging Issues

Dec 17 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 404

Dispute Settlement at the WTO

Dec 17 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 401

Institutional Dimensions of Global Economic Integration

Dec 17 morning
10.15-13.00: Room 402

Rationalising Regional Arrangements in the South - Before and After Hong Kong

Dec 17 morning
10.15-12.45: Room 403

Human Rights and the WTO: Exploring Trade Rules that Promote the Right to Food

Organisers: Manchester University; Oxford University Global Economic Governance Programme

17 December, Lunch (13.00-14.00)

Dec 17 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 404

Legal Issues: Trade in Services

Dec 17 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 402

Regionalism and Multilateralism: The Latin American Experience

Dec 17 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 401

What About the Small Producers? A Policy Reform Agenda for Tackling Market Access Barriers to Small Producers at the International and Domestic Level

Dec 17 afternoon
14.15-16.30: Room 403

Rethinking International Investment Law in the Era of Globalization: IISD's Model International Agreement on Investment for Sustainable Development

Dec 17 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 404

Systemic Issues in the WTO Legal System

Dec 17 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 401

Challenges of Market Access and Compliance Under WTO: Case Studies From South Asia

Dec 17 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 402

Competition Issues in the Global Agricultural Commodity Markets and the WTO: Whose Agenda?

Dec 17 afternoon
16.45-19.00: Room 403

New Directions in Technical Assistance and Capacity Building: From Going Through the Motions to Genuine Empowerment

Organisers: East West University; Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI); International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD); Consumers Unity Trust Society (CUTS); South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics And Environment (SAWTEE)