°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

9:00-9:30

Badge pickup at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Welcome Pavillion

9:30–10:00

Opening Remarks

• Maika Oshikawa, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

10:00 – 10:45

Seminar Overview

ITTC, Acc. Division, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

11:00–12:30

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Legal Framework

Overview and Core Disciplines

• János Volkai, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

14:00–15:45

Accession process

Process Core documents

• Dimitar Bratanov, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

16:00–17:30

Accession process

Acquis Negotiations on rules

• Dimitar Bratanov, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

18:00–20:00

Welcome reception

Gallery (new building)

9:00 -10:00

Informal Group of Acceding Governments
Room E

10:00–10:45

Review exercise – Kahoot!

11:00–12:30

Trade in Agriculture
Room E

• Diwakar Dixit, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

14:00–15:45

SPS

• Hanna Vitikkala, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

Commentator:

• Aray Kassabekova, Kazakhstan

16:00–17:30

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Accession and Trade Policy Uncertainty

• Adam Jakubik, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

9:00-9:30

Review exercise – Kahoot!

9:30–10:45

Framework for Making & Enforcing Economic Policies

• Anna Varyanik, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

11:00–12:30

TBT

• Erik Wijkström, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

Commentator:

• Aray Kassabekova, Kazakhstan

14:00–15:45

Trade Facilitation & Transit

• Nora Neufeld, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

Commentator:

• Muzammil Shinwari, Afghanistan

16:30 – 18:00

Panel session
Room D

20th Anniversary of Latvia's Accession to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

18:00–20:00

Evening reception hosted by the Government of Latvia

Atrium (CWR)

9:00-9:30

Review exercise – Kahoot!

9:30–10:45

TRIMs

• Jorge Castro, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

11:00–12:30

Industrial Subsidies & Free Zones

• Seref Gokay, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  11:00 – 12:00
  Presentation

Presentation on free zones

• Michael Daly, Consultant
  12:00 – 13:00
  Presentation

14:00–15:45

Roundtable Discussion

Regional Trade Agreements
Room E

Speakers:

• Rohini Acharya, TPR Division
  Presentation
• Geremew Ayalew, Ethiopia
• Dmitri Fomchenko, Belarus

16:00–17:30

Inaugural Session

Accessions Negotiators Network
Room E

Chair:

• Saleh Al-Husseini, Saudi Arabia

Speakers:

• Representatives of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, China, Latvia and Bulgaria

9:00-9:30

Review exercise – Kahoot!

9:30–10:45

TRIPS
Room E

• Wolf Meier-Ewert, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

11:00–12:30

Technical Assistance and Capacity Building in Acceding Governments
Room E

Moderator:

• Juneyoung Lee, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

Speakers:

• Pierre Sauvé, World Bank
• Simon Padilla, STDF
  Presentation
• Jonathan Werner, EIF
  Presentation

14:00–15:45

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Accession and the Role of the Business Community

Speaker:

• Viktoria Tuomisto, ITC
  Presentation

16:00–17:30

Challenges and Opportunities for LDCs in Accession Negotiations

Speaker:

• Muzammil Shinwari, Afghanistan

Commentator:

• Nagib Hamim, Yemen

9:00–9:30

Review exercise – Kahoot!

9:30–11:00

Treaty Interpretation and Accession Commitments in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Legal Framework

• Dimitar Bratanov, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

11:00–12:00

Accession Commitments in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Dispute Settlement

• Andrei Suse, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

12:00–12:30

Remarks

• DDG Alan Wm. Wolff, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ News item

14:00–15:45

Government Procurement

• Philippe Pelletier, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

16:00–17:30

Bilateral Meetings with Technical Experts/°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Secretariat

9:00–9:30

Review exercise – Kahoot!

9:30–11:00

Import Regulation

Customs fees and other duties and charges

• Darlan Marti, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

11:15–12:30

Import Regulation

Customs valuation (and rules of origin)

• Dolores Halloran, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

Lunch

14:00–15:45

Transparency

• Anna Varyanik, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

16:00–17:30

Presentation by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Article XII Group

Speaker:

• Carlos Barletta, Panama

9:00–9:30

Review exercise – Kahoot!

9:30–11:00

Quantitative Restrictions

Import/export quotas, licensing

• Roy Santana, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

11:15–12:30

Import Regulation

Internal taxation

• Roy Santana, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

Lunch

14:00–15:45

Economic Policies

Privatization, State trading, pricing and competition policy

Speaker:

• Neil Beck, USTR

Commentator:

• Carlos Gimeno, EC

16:00–17:30

Internal Coordination Processes in the EU and the US

Speakers:

• Neil Beck, USTR
• Carlos Gimeno, EC

9:00–9:30

Review exercise – Kahoot!

9:30–11:00

Trade in Services

• Markus Jelitto, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation

11:15–12:30

Investment and Trade in Services

Speaker:

• Pierre Sauvé, World Bank
  Presentation

14:00–15:45

Trading Rights

Speaker:

• Carlos Gimeno, EC
  Presentation

Commentators:

• Neil Beck, USTR
• Aray Kassabekova, Kazakhstan

16:00–17:30

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Activities in the lead-up to MC12
Room F

• Amb. José Luís Cancela Gómez, Uruguay
  Presentation
• Amb. Juan Carlos González, Colombia
  Presentation
• Mr. Katsuro Nagai, Japan

10:00 – 13:00

11th Meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of Belarus
Room W

14:00–15:45

Best practices in the accession Q&A process

• Cecilia Klein, consultant

Commentator:

• Hamdo Tinjak, Chief Negotiator, Bosnia & Herzegovina

15:45–16:00

Certificates & Closing