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"Preferential Trade Agreements: Local Solutions for Global Free Trade"
Preferential Trade Agreements; Local solutions for global free trade?
8th EFN Asia Conference

September 12 - 13, 2006
Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Organised by: Friedrich Naumann Foundation
in cooperation with: Malaysian Economic Research Institute (MIER) and ATLAS Economic Research Foundation
 
PAPERS AND SPEECHES
 
Economic Freedom: Overview and Impact, Mark Mullins

Report Session 1: Models of Preferential Trade Agreements

> European Union’s Strategies and Priorities in Preferential Trade Agreements, Thierry Rommel
> The U.S. Approach to FTAs, Colin Helmer
> International Models of Bilateral Free Trade Agreements, Evidence from the Asia-Pacific, Christopher Dent

Report Session 2: Impacts of Preferential Trade Agreements in Asia

> The Impact of Bilateral Free Trade Agreements on Human Development in Asia
The FTA Maze in Asia: Trends and Implications for Development, Swarnim Wagle
> Malaysia and Bilateral Free Trade Agreements, Mohamed Ariff

Report Session 3: Economic Freedom Indicators

> Economic Freedom Indicators
> Indicators of Free Trade in Asia, Robert A. Lawson
> Chinese Marketisation Index, Wang Xiaolu
> Capital Freedom Index, Feng Xingyuan
> Public Governance Indicator, Mao Yushi


Report Session 4: Regional Trade Agreements in Asia

> South Asian Free Trade Agrements, Ugen Tschup Dorji
> South Asian Free Trade Agrements, Rajesh Mehta
> South Asian Free Trade Agrements, Dushni Weerakoon
> East Asia Free Trade Agreements, Kriengsak Chareonwongsk
> East Asia Free Trade Agreements, Arianto Patunru
> A Korean Perspective on Regional Economic Integration in East Asia, Young-Han Kim (presentation)
> Japan's FTA Strategy, Shujiro Urata

Report Session 5: International Perspectives on Regional Trade Blocs

> International Perspectives on Regional Trade Blocs
> PTAs, Regional Integration and their future in Latin America, Ricardo Lopez Murphy
> The EU Directive on Services, Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort
> North American Free Trade, Mark Mullins

Other Papers

> Closing Remarks, Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort



       
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