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WTO/ESCAP/ARTNeT Regional Seminar on
Agriculture Negotiations for Asia-Pacific Economies
Date
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29-31 March 2006 |
Venue
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Xian, China |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
World Trade Organization
Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade
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Objective
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To enhance the understanding of concerned policy makers and negotiators regarding issues related to multilateral liberalization of trade in agriculture and the current state of play in on-going WTO negotiations in this area, with particular focus on regional interests and issues emerging from the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference, which was held in Hong Kong, China, in December 2005. |
Documentation
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Opening session
 Opening statement by UNESCAP
Mr.
Kim Hak-Su, Under-Secretary-General, United
Nations
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Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
Presentations:
Agriculture and the Rural Development of China
Mr. Qian Keming, Director-General, Agriculture Trade
Promotion Center, Ministry of Agriculture, China
Introduction of Agricultural Development in Shaanxi
Province
Mr. LI Sixun, Senior Agronomist, Agriculture Department
of Shaanxi Province, China
Liberalization of trade in agriculture: Issues and implications
for Asian and Pacific developing economies
Ms. Mia Mikic, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Agriculture trade liberalization in regional trade agreements:
research findings 2
Ms. Gloria O. Pasadilla, Senior Research Fellow,
Philippine Institute for Development Studies
Mapping and Analysis of Agricultural Trade Liberalization in
South Asia
Mr. Parakrama A. Samaratunga, Research Fellow, Institute
for Policy Studies, Sri Lanka
Rules of Origin and Non-Tariff Barriers in Agricultural Trade:
Perspectives from Bangladesh and Cambodia
Mr. Uttam Kumar Deb, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for
Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh
China Agricultural Trade Reform, WTO Negotiations and
China-ASEAN FTA
Mr. Shunli Yao, Manager, Agricultural Trade
Policy
Dialogue, Peking University, Beijing
Background papers:
• Agriculture Negotiations - Non exhcustive list of questions
• ARTNeT sessions - randomly selected background papers
• Doha Work Programme - Ministerial Declaration
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Participants
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Programme
Questionnaire for participants
Information note for participants
List of participants |
Contact
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Ms. Mia Mikic
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: mikic@un.org |
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Last updated: 14 April 2006 |
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