Building Constituencies for a Global Liberal Trade Agenda
| Building Costituencies
for a Global Liberal Trade |
For the first time, this Evian Group meeting was held in Seoul, on October 21-22, 2000, where leading policy makers and trade area specialists joined to discuss the WTO and the new global trade agenda.
Co-Chairs
Il SaKong, Chairman & CEO, Institute for Global Economics
David de Pury, Chairman, Evian Group
Evian Group Director
Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Professor, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Convenor
Hugh Corbet, President, Cordell Hull Institute
Session I
The Global Trade Agenda & ASEM Summit
Keynote address
Ducksoo Han, Minister of State for Trade, Korea
Commentators
Paul-Henri Ravier, Deputy Director-General, WTO
Brian McDonald, Coordinator, Asia Trade Policy, European Commission.
Session II
Restoring Momentum to the Multilateral System
Keynote address
Chulsu Kim, Professor, Saejong University, former Deputy Director-General, WTO
Experts Panel
Taeho Bark, Professor, Seoul National University
Chia Siow Yue, Director, ISEAS, Singapore
Euiyong Chung, Deputy Minister of State for Trade, Korea
John Evans, General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee, OECD
Pierre Jacquet, Deputy Director, IFRI, Paris
Sahoko Kaji, Professor, Keio University, Tokyo
Patrick Messerlin, Director, Group d'Economie Mondiale (GEM), Institute of Political Science, Paris
Pierre Sauvé, Visiting Professor, Harvard University and Trade Directorate, OECD
Rachel Thompson, Associate Director, Global Trade Practice, APCO, Geneva
Special Briefings
"Update on China & WTO - Perspectives & Prospects", by Wen Hai, Deputy Director, China Centre for Economic Research.
"Political and Economic Scenarios for US Trade Policy Post-Clinton", by Phillippa Malmgren, President, Malmgren & Co., London; andCrocker Snow, President and Editor-in-Chief, World Times, Boston.
Session III
Achieving True Globalisation & Avoiding Marginalisation: Developing Countries & Economic Integration
Keynote address
Supachai Panitchpakdi, Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister, Thailand
Commentators
Arai Hisamitsu, Vice Minister of MITI, Japan
Ducksoo Han, Minister of State for Trade, Korea
Gopinath Padmanabha, Deputy Director-General, ILO
Session IV
Sharing Responsibility for the Global Trade Agenda: Where does Business Stand?
Keynote addresses
Michael Garrett, Executive Vice President & Member of the Board, Nestlé, SA, and Vice President, Evian Group
Minoru Murofushi, Chairman, ITOCHU Corporation, Tokyo
Commentators
Paul Hsu, Senior Partner, Lee & Li, Taipei
Kyungtae Lee, President, KIEP, Seoul
Pierre Ozendo, Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, SwissRe
Ungsuh Park, President, KOHAP Corp, Seoul
Uli Sigg, Chairman of the Board, Ringier AG, Zurich
Peter Steigrad, Chairman, Young & Ribicam Asia, Sydney
Session V
Moving Forward: Political Perspectives, Public Opinion, Policy Options
Keynote Address
Noboru Hatakeyama, Chairman & CEO, JETRO, Tokyo, and Vice Chairman, Evian Group
Commentators
Hugh Corbet, President, Cordell Hull Institute, Washington, DC
Guy de Jonquières, World Trade Editor, Financial Times, London
Barry Desker, CEO, Singapore Trade Development Board
Patrick Messerlin, Director, Group d'Economie Mondiale (GEM), Institute of Political Science, Paris
Josef Mayer, Director-General, Ministry for Economic Affairs, Austria
Brian Mcdonald, Coordinator, Asia Trade Policy, European Commission
Soogil Young, Korean Ambassador to the OECD
