APEC SOM II: Competition Policy and Deregulation Workshop
30 April-1 May 1999, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Day 1, Friday, 30 April 1999
09:00 Chair's introduction and opening remarks
(Mark Steel, Convenor, Competition Policy and Deregulation, New Zealand)
Session I: Issues for Developing Economies
09:15-10:00 APEC Competition Law and Developing Economies Project
(Professor David Elliot, PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
10:00-10:20 Commentary on the Draft Report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers
(Ooi Say Chuan, Deputy Director, APEC Affairs, Malaysia)
10:20-10:40 Morning tea
10:40-11:05 Priorities in developing a competition framework, the problems encountered, the solutions derived, and directions for the future
(Armando Caceres, Chief Economist, Indecopi, Peru)
11:05-11:25 Priorities in developing a competition framework, the problems encountered, the solutions derived, and directions for the future
(Siripol Yodmuangchareon, Deputy Director General, Department of Internal Trade, Thailand)
11:30-12:30 Discussion Session/ Comments from floor
12:30-14:00 Lunch
Session II: Competition Principles for APEC
14:00-14:20 Principles for Guiding the Development of a Competition-Driven Framework for APEC Economies(Kerrin M Vautier, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council)
14:20-15:00 Commentary on the PECC Competition Principles Project from a New Zealand perspective
(Dr. Alan Bollard, Secretary, NZ Treasury)
15:00-15:15 Afternoon Tea
15:15-15:30 Discussion on how PECC Competition Principles could be applied in APEC
(Iwao Okamoto, Deputy Director-General for Economic Structural Reform, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan )
15:30-17:00 Discussion Session/ Comments from floor
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Day 2, Saturday 1 May 1999
09:00 Chair's Remarks (Mark Steel)
09:15 Session III: Competition Policy and Deregulation
09:15-10:00 Deregulation: the links between trade & regulatory reform
(Maureen Casey, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, United States)
10:00-10:30 The Work of the WTO Working Group on the Interaction between Trade & Competition Policy
(Dr. Adrian Otten, Director, Intellectual Property Division, WTO)
10:30-10:45 Morning Tea
10:45-11:15 Discussion Session/Comments from the floor
11:15-11:45 Practices which enhance transparency in exemptions/exceptions to competition law, situations where E&Es are justified, and the strategies for their removal where appropriate
(Byung-Ju Lee, Director, Fair Trade Commission, Korea)
11:45-12:30 Discussion Session/ Comments from floor
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Further work, if required, on:
Further Discussion of APEC Competition Principles
APEC Competition Law Study
Improvements and Expansions to Osaka Action Agenda and Collective Action Plans
Future Work Programme for Competition Policy and Deregulation
Development of Competition Policy and Deregulation aspects of member economies Individual Action Plans-comments/reports from individual member economies
15:00-15:15 Afternoon Tea
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Session IV: Reports from Member Economies on Projects
15:15-15:45 Report and Discussion on the APEC Competition Policy and Law Database Website15:45-16:15 Report and Discussion on APEC Partners for Progress Technical Assistance Programme
16:15-16:30 Other APEC Technical Co-operation and Assistance initiatives
16:30-17:30 Discussions of outcomes and Chairs closing remarks
Day 3, Monday, 2 May 1999
12:00-14:30 Joint Session between Competition Policy and Deregulation Workshop, and the Group on Services
(Chaired by Professor Ing Wen Tsai, Convenor, GOS)
12:00 Finish GOS Morning Session in Cambridge Room
12:05 �� 13:00 Luncheon for GOS and CPD
(" Working Lunch hosted by the GOS Chair")
13:10 Commence joint working session in Hall C
(GOS Convenor as chair of the session)
13:15 ��13:45 "Competition Policy and its Application to Financial Services"
(Arthur Grimes, Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
13:45-14:00 CPD future work programme
(Mark Steel, Convenor, Competition Policy and Deregulation)
14:00-14:30 Dialogue between GOS and CPD on the interrelationship between trade in services and competition policy
14:30 End of joint session between GOS and CPD
GOS delegates move back into the Cambridge room for the remainder of GOS session.
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