RECHERCHE ET ANALYSE: QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES DANS LES ACCORDS COMMERCIAUX RÉGIONAUX
Séminaire de l'OMC sur les questions transversales dans les accords commerciaux régionaux
Le Secrétariat a organisé le 25 septembre un séminaire pour examiner des documents de travail établis par les fonctionnaires de l'OMC sur les accords commerciaux régionaux (ACR). Ces documents, basés sur tous les ACR notifiés à l'OMC, couvraient maintes questions visées par les ACR, y compris l'accès aux marchés pour les marchandises et les services, les règles d'origine, les règles concernant les services, les mesures antidumping et les sauvegardes, la facilitation des échanges, la propriété intellectuelle et le règlement des différends. Le séminaire avait pour objectif de présenter et d'examiner les principales conclusions de ces documents.
Jeudi 25 septembre 2014 — Salle W
Programme
09:30-09:45 |
Welcome and opening remarks Willy Alfaro, Director, Trade Policies Review Division
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09:45-11:00 |
Opening roundtable discussion Moderator: Keith Rockwell, Director Information and External Relations Division, WTO H.E. Mr Gabriel Duque, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the WTO Mr Guillermo Valles, Director Division on International Trade in Goods, Services and Commodities, UNCTAD Mr Michael Mugliston: Special Negotiator, Free Trade Agreement Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Followed by Q&A from audience
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11:00-12:45 |
Session 1: Market access in goods and services Moderator: H.E. Francisco Pirez Gordillo, Ambassador of Uruguay, Chair of CRTA Jo-Ann Crawford (TPRD) Paper: Market access provisions on trade in goods in regional trade agreements (ERSD-2012-20) Presentation: Market Access Provisions in Trade in Goods in RTAs Maria Donner (TPRD) Paper: Preferential rules of origin In regional trade agreements (ERSD‑2013‑05) Presentation: RTA Systemic and Cross-Cutting Issues Pierre Latrille (TPRD)
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12:45-14:15 |
Lunch |
| 14:15-16:30 | Session 2: Regulatory issues in RTAs Moderator: Valerie Hughes, Director, Legal Affairs Division, WTO Jean Daniel Rey (TPRD) Paper: Antidumping regional regimes and the multilateral trading system: do regional antidumping regimes make a difference? (ERSD-2012-22) Presentation: Antidumping Regional Regimes and the Multilateral Trading System Jo-Ann Crawford (TPRD) Paper: Mapping of Safeguard Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements (ERSD‑2013-10) Presentation: Safeguard Provisions in RTAs Raymundo Valdes (IPD) Paper: Intellectual property provisions in regional trade agreements (ERSD‑2014-14) Presentation: Intellectual Property Provisions In Regional Trade Agreements Nora Neufeld (MAD) Paper: Trade Facilitation Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements Traits and Trends (ERSD-2014-01) Presentation: TF Provisions in RTAs — Traits and Trends Claude Chase (AB) Paper: Mapping of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in Regional Trade Agreements — Innovative or Variations on a Theme? (ERSD-2013-07) Presentation: Mapping of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in Regional Trade Agreements
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| 16:30-17:45 | Wrap Up Roundtable Discussion Moderator: Dan Pruzin, Information and External Relations Division, WTO Ben Czapnik, Advisor, Business and Trade Policy Section, International Trade Centre (ITC) Iza Lejarraga, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD Marcus Bartley Johns, Trade and Competitiveness Specialist, World Bank Aileen Kwa, Coordinator, Trade and Development Programme, South Centre Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, WTO Robert Teh, Counsellor, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO.
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