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
Here's the program 12 years ago.
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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
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
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