EFN Asia 67, Program of Conf 2006, KL

I rediscovered this while cleaning my inbox of old emails. I remember very well that conference because (a) it was my first time to go to Malaysia, (b) a day before there was a one-day forum by Atlas also on trade and I was one of the presenters, and (c) the subject of unilateral liberalization was articulated by several speakers like Aco Patunru (Indonesia) and Barun Mitra (India).

Here's the program 12 years ago.
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Economic Freedom Network Asia Conference 2006

Preferential Trade Agreements

Local solutions for global free trade?

12th - 13th September 2006

Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Welcoming address

Mohamed Ariff

Executive Director, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort 

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors

Friedrich Naumann Foundation

Berlin, Germany

Mark Mullins

Executive Director, Fraser Institute

Vancouver, Canada

Opening address

YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim

Chairman, Board of Trustees

Malaysian Institute of Economic Research

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Introduction of Conference procedure

Mohit Satyanand

Moderator

Session 1: Models of Preferential Trade Agreements

“The European Union’s Strategies and Priorities”

Thierry Rommel

Ambassador and Head of Delegation

Delegation of the European Commission to Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

“US Strategies and Priorities”

Colin Helmer

Counselor of Economic Affairs

Embassy of the United States of America

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

“International Models of Bilateral Free Trade Agreements”

Christopher Dent

Senior Lecturer

Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds

Leeds, United Kingdom

Session 2: Impacts of Preferential Trade Agreements in Asia

“The Impact of Bilateral Free Trade Agreements on Human Development in Asia”

Swarnim Wagle

Programme Specialist, UNDP Regional Centre

Colombo, Sri Lanka

“Malaysia and Bilateral Free Trade Agreements”

Mohamed Ariff

Executive Director, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Session 3: Economic Freedom Indicators

“Indicators for Free Trade in Asia. The Economic Freedom of the World Index”

Robert Lawson

Professor, Capital University

Columbus, Ohio, USA.

“Chinese Marketisation Index”

Wang Xiaolu

Deputy Director, National Economic Research Institute

Beijing, China

“Capital Freedom Index”

Feng Xingyuan

Cathay Institute of Public Affairs

Beijing, China

“Chinese Public Governance Indicator”

Mao Yushi

Unirule Institute of Economics

Beijing, China

Session 4: Regional Trade Agreements in Asia

Panel Discussion on the South Asian Free Trade Agreement

Ugen Tschup Dorji

President, SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Bhutan

Rajesh Mehta

Senior Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries

New Delhi, India

Dushni Weerakoon

Deputy Director, Institute of Policy Studies

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Panel Discussion on East Asia Free Trade Area

Kriengsak Chareonwongsak

Member of Parliament and Executive Board Member, Democrat Party

Bangkok, Thailand

Arianto Patunru

Deputy Director, Institute for Economic and Social Research, University of Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia

Young-Han Kim

Professor, Sungkyunkwan University

Seoul, Korea

Session 5: International Perspectives on Regional Trade Blocs

Ricardo Lopez Murphy

Chairman, Cívico-Republicana Foundation

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Andrej Illarionov (requested)

Director, Institute of Economic Analysis

Moscow, Russian Federation
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See also:
EFN Asia 64, Day 2 of Conference 2016, February 16, 2017 
EFN Asia 65, EFN panel at Jeju Forum 2017, June 20, 2017 
EFN Asia 66, Meeting 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, September 22, 2018