THE ASIA FOUNDATION’S WTO ROUNDTABLE SERIES
Addressing the enabling framework for Cambodia’s accession to the World Trade Organization
January – May 2004, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Roundtable four, in collaboration with the Economic Institute of Cambodia:
developing within the WTO:
WHICH TRADE POLICY REFORMS and DISPUTE SETTLEMENTS FOR CAMBODIA?
Friday May 14, 2004 – at MiCasa Hotel, from 8:00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m.
Please note the change in location
The Asia Foundation’s WTO roundtables in Cambodia
o Roundtable 1, January 29, 2004: “What type of Commercial Courts in Cambodia and what for? The example of other countries”
o Roundtable 2, February 25, 2004 “TRIPS: Intellectual Property Rights, the WTO and Cambodia”,
o Roundtable 3, March 31, 2004 “WTO and the General Agreement on Trade in Services: The Implications for Cambodia”
o Roundtable 4, May 14, 2004 “ Developing within WTO: Which Trade Policy Reforms and Dispute Settlements for Cambodia?”
Agenda
8:00 - 8:30 Registration
8:30 - 8:40 Welcome Address by Nancy Hopkins, Representative, The Asia Foundation
8:40 - 8:45 A background on the key issues of Trade Policy Reforms in Cambodia, by Mr. Sok Hach, EIC Director
8:45 – 9:00 Brief introduction of the panelists by facilitator, Véronique Salze-Lozac’h,
Economic Program Manager, The Asia Foundation
9:00 – 9:50 PANEL DISCUSSION 1: Which Trade Policy Reforms and what for? The experience of other countries.
q H.E. Sok Siphana, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
q Dr. Franck Wiebe, Chief Economist, The Asia Foundation, USA
q Mr. Sok Hach, Director of the Economic Institute of Cambodia
9:50 – 10:20 Questions from the audience
10:20 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 11:45 PANEL DISCUSSION 2: How to make these Trade Policy Reforms effective and efficient?
q H.E. Sok Siphana, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
q Dr. Franck Wiebe, Chief Economist, The Asia Foundation, USA
q Mr. Long Sophat, Lecturer in Economics, Royal university of Law and Economics, Cambodia
11:45 – 12:10 Questions from the audience
12:15 – 13:30 BUFFET LUNCH
13:30 – 13:40 Brief introduction of the panelists by facilitator, Franck Wiebe,
Chief Economist, The Asia Foundation
13:40 - 14:00 A background on the key issues of International and Domestic Dispute Settlement, by Judge Vichai, Deputy Chief Judge, CIPITC, Thailand
14:00 – 14:45 PANEL DISCUSSION 3: Dispute settlements within the WTO framework: For which cases?
q Judge Vichai Ariyanuntaka, Deputy Chief Judge, Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Thailand
q Judge Monichariya, Supreme Court, Cambodia
q Mr. Nou Tepirith, Lawyer, Cambodia
14:45 – 15:10 Questions from the audience
15:10 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 16:15 PANEL DISCUSSION 4: Which Dispute Settlement for Domestic cases? Examples from other countries.
q Judge Vichai Ariyanuntaka, Deputy Chief Judge, Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Thailand
q Judge Monichariya, Supreme Court, Cambodia
q Mr. Nou Tepirith, Lawyer, Cambodia
q Mr. Koy Neam, TAF program officer and Arbitrator
16:15 – 16:45 Questions from the audience
16:45 – 17:00 Closing speech by Mark Storella, Charge d'Affaires, ad interim,
Embassy of the United States of America
Véronique Salze-Lozac'h, Economic Program Manager,
The Asia Foundation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel: (855-23) 210.431, Mobile: (855-12) 813.329, Fax: (855-23) 217.553
e-mail: vsalze-lozach@cb.asiafound.org
(English or French)
Run Saray, Consultant
The Asia Foundation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Mobile: 011 899 278, Fax: (855-23) 217.553
e-mail: srun@cb.asiafound.org
(English or Khmer)