INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR   "THE EVOLVING WTO REGIME AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR NORTHEAST ASIA"

13-14 September 2002

Seoul, Korea

This Seminar is organized by the Observatory of Globalisation of the University of Barcelona and the Korean Development Institute.

Program:

September 13th

 Session 1: Multilateral rules and regional Economic Cooperation: An Overview.

    * Patrick LOW (WTO), The Evolving WTO Regime: Beyond Trade Liberalization

    * Ramon TORRENT (Universitat de Barcelona), Regional Cooperation within the Multilateral System of Rules

    * Clemens BOONEKAMP, Regionalism and WTO: overview of the discussion

    * Wonhyuk LIM (KDI), Northeast Asian Economic Cooperation: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Session 2: Northeast Asian Economic Cooperation: Country Perspectives

    *  To be determined, China's Perspective

    * Mitsuo MATSUSHITA (Universitat de Seikei), Japan's Perspective

    * In-Kyo CHEONG, Korea's Perspective

    * Byung-Koo CHO (KDI), The Korean Problem and Northeast Asian Economic Cooperation

September 14th

Session 3: Lessons from Regional Cooperation: Internal and External Dimensions

    * Diego CANGA (EC), European Energy Cooperation: From the ESC to the European Energy Charter

    *Gustavo MARTÍN-PRADA (EC), The EU Experience with Regional Integration and Bilateral Relation

    * Roberto BOUZAS (FLACSO), The Mercosur Experience

    * Antoni ESTEVADEORDAL (IADB), The Regional Integration and Cooperation Nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean: Experiences and Prospects

Session 4: Regulatory Framework for Trade and Investment: Emerging Issues

    * Philippe MEYER (EC), Emerging Problems under the WTO Regime

    * Pierre SAUVE (OECD), Towards Multilateral Investment Rules: Lessons from Regional Trade Agreements

    * Dukgeun AHN (KDI School), Emerging Issues for the WTO Dispute Settlement System