The Institute for International Trades (IIT’s) Jean Monnet Network; Trade & Investment in Services Associates (TIISA) invite you to join leading experts for an interactive webinar discussing the following topic: WTO Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation
Services trade accounts for half of global trade but the costs of trading services are twice as high as trade costs for goods. Most of these costs arise from regulatory divergence, as well as opaque regulations and cumbersome procedures.
Through the WTO Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation, a group of more than 60 WTO members are developing disciplines to mitigate the unintended trade restrictive effects of measures relating to licensing and qualification requirements and procedures, as well as technical standards.
Event co-hosted by
Institute for International Trade, The University of Adelaide
Australian Services Roundtable
European Services Forum
Asia Pacific Services Coalition
Date:
Thursday 6 May, 2021
Time:
Adelaide – 6.00pm
Bangkok – 3.30pm
Geneva – 10.30am
Hong Kong – 4.30pm
Jakarta – 3.30pm
Manila – 4.30pm
Singapore – 4.30pm
Sydney – 6.30pm
Taipei – 4.30pm
Tokyo – 5.30pm
Moderator
Stuart Harbinson, Hong Kong Services Coalition, Geneva Representative
Key Note Speaker
Jaime Coghi Arias, Coordinator of the JI on Services Domestic Regulation; Deputy Department Representative, Delegation of Cost Rica to the WTO
Discussants
Prewprae Chumrum, Bureau of Services and Investment Negotiations, Thai Ministry of Commerce tbc
Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director, European Services Forum, Brussels
Kiyotaka Morita, Deputy Director, International Affairs Bureau, Keidanren
Roy Chun Lee, Deputy Executive Director, Taiwan WTO and RTA Centre, Chinese Taipei
Devi Ariyani, Executive Director, Indonesian Services Dialogue
Jason Lee, Director, International Policy & Engagement, Singapore Business Federation
Jane Drake-Brockman, Industry Professor & Director, Australian Services Roundtable
Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary-General, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
Patrick Chua, Philippine Services Coalition & Coordinator, Asia Pacific Services Coalition
Markus Jelitto, WTO Secretariat
Event Sponsor GLOBAL SERVICES COALITION
