| 08:15 – 09:00 |
Conference Registration
Crystal Room, Level I |
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| 9:00 |
Welcoming
Address
Mohamed Ariff
Executive Director
Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wolf-Dieter
Zumpfort
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Berlin, Germany
Mark Mullins
Executive Director
Fraser Institute
Vancouver, Canada
Opening Address
YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Sheriff
Mohd Kassim
Chairman, Board of Trustees
Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Introduction of Conference procedure
Mohit Satyanand
Moderator
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| 10:00 |
Tea Break /
Press Conference |
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| 10:30 |
Session
1: Models of Preferential Trade Agreements
“The European Union’s
Strategies and Priorities”
Thierry Rommel
Ambassador and Head of Delegation
Delegation of the European Commission to Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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| 10:50 |
“US
Strategies and Priorities”
Colin Helmer
Counselor of Economic Affairs
Embassy of the United States of America
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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| 11:10 |
“International Models of Bilateral
Free Trade Agreements”
Christopher Dent
Senior Lecturer
Department of East Asian Studies, University
of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom
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| 11:30 |
Discussion |
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| 12:30 |
Lunch at Dong Dang Sayang Coffee House, Lobby
Level |
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| 13:30 |
Session 2: Impacts of Preferential
Trade Agreements in Asia “The
Impact of Bilateral Free Trade Agreements
on
Human Development in Asia”
Swarnim Wagle
Programme Specialist
UNDP Regional Centre Colombo, Sri Lanka
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| 14:00 |
Discussion |
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| 14:30 |
“Malaysia and Bilateral Free
Trade Agreements”
Mohamed Ariff
Executive Director
Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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| 15:00 |
Discussion |
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| 15:00 |
Tea Break |
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| 16:00 |
Session 3: Economic Freedom Indicators
“Indicators for Free Trade in Asia. The
Economic Freedom of the World Index”
Robert A. Lawson
Professor
Capital University,
Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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| 16:30 |
“Chinese Marketisation Index”
Wang Xiaolu
Deputy Director
National Economic Research Institute
Beijing, China
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| 16:40 |
“Capital Freedom Index”
Feng Xingyuan
Cathay Institute of Public Affairs
Beijing, China |
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| 16:50 |
“Chinese Public Governance
Indicator”
Mao Yushi
Unirule Institute of Economics
Beijing, China
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| 17:00 |
Discussion |
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| 18:00 |
End of day 1 Discussion |
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| Wednesday, 13th September |
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| 08:30 |
Session 4: Regional Trade Agreements
in Asia
Panel Discussion on the South Asian Free Trade
Agreement Ugen Tschup
Dorji
President
SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Bhutan
Rajesh Mehta
Senior Fellow
Research and Information System for Developing
Countries
New Delhi, India
Dushni Weerakoon
Deputy Director
Institute of Policy Studies
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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| 10:30 |
Tea Break |
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| 11:00 |
Panel Discussion on East Asia Free
Trade Agreements Kriengsak
Chareonwongsak
Member of Parliament and Executive Board Member
Democrat Party
Bangkok, Thailand
Arianto Patunru
Deputy Director
Institute for Economic and Social Research,
University of Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia
Young-Han Kim
Professor
Sungkyunkwan University
Seoul, Korea
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| 13:00 |
Lunch at Dong Dang Sayang Coffee House, Lobby
Level |
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| 14:30 |
Session 5: International Perspectives
on Regional Trade Blocs Panel
Discussion on Regional Trade Blocs
Ricardo Lopez Murphy
Chairman
Cívico-Republicana Foundation
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Berlin, Germany
Mark Mullins
Executive Director
Fraser Institute
Vancouver, Canada
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| 16:30 |
Summary of the programme and closing remarks
Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Berlin, Germany Mohamed Ariff
Executive Director
Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| 17:00 |
Tea Break and End of conference |
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