LE COMMERCE ÉLECTRONIQUE
Workshop on the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions
Workshop Programme
I. Opening Remarks
10:00-10:30
- Director-General Roberto Azevêdo
- Ambassador Junichi Ihara (Japan), former GC Chair
II. History of the moratorium
Moderator:
- Patrick Low (Asia Global Institute)
10:30-11:30
- Alicia Greenidge (Trade Adviser)
- Stuart Harbinson (Fellow, European Centre for International Political Economy)
III. Revenue implications of the moratorium
Moderator:
- Hanna Norberg (Trade Economista)
11:30-13:00
- Rashmi Banga (UNCTAD)
Presentation - Dan Ciuriak (Centre for International Governance Innovation)
Presentation - Ingo Borchert (University of Sussex)
Presentation - Ginger Jin (Amazon)
13:00-15:00 - Lunch break
IV. Technical challenges of imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions
Moderator:
- Dan Ciuriak (Centre for International Governance Innovation)
15:00-16:00
- Ana Hinojosa (WCO)
- Deborah Elms (Asian Trade Centre)
- Attiya Waris (University of Nairobi)
Presentation - David Weller (Google)
V. Development dimension of the moratorium
Moderator:
- Hanna Norberg (Trade Economista)
16:00-17:30
- Jaime Coghi (Costa Rica)
Presentation - Alioune Dione (Senegal)
Presentation - Marcelo Olarreaga (University of Geneva)
- Hosuk Lee-Makiyama (ECIPE)
Presentation - Mohammad Sahab Uddin (E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh)
Presentation - Ashish Aggarwal (NASSCOM), participating via VC
Presentation
VI. Conclusions and way forward
17:30-18:00
- Robert Koopman, WTO Chief Economist