Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry
30 October 2014
APTA BUSINESS FORUM
13-14 November 2014
Nalanda Hall, Ground Floor
the Centre for WTO Studies (CWS)
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
B-21, Qutub Institutional Area
New Delhi, India
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Thursday, 13 November 2014
09:45~10:00
Registration
Opening Session
10:00~10:20
Welcome Address:
 Representative of Department of Commerce, Ministry of
Commerce and Industry, India (tbc)
 Representative of FICCI (tbc)
 Professor Abhijit Das, Head, Centre for WTO Studies (tbc)
Opening Remarks:
Dr. Ravi Ratnayake, Director, TID/ESCAP
10:20~10:45
Tea break and group photos
APTA: Conclusion of the Fourth Round
Session 1
10:45~11:30
Chair: China
Presentation on “Likely outcome of the 4th Round negotiations and the
importance of capturing preferential trade data” by Mr. Rajan RATNA,
Economic Affairs Officer, TID/ESCAP
Presentation on “ESCAP Resolution Cross Border 70/6 for Paperless
Trade”
Session 2
11:30~12:30
Chair: India
Presenter: Mr. Jun Ho SHIN, Expert on Regional Trade and Monetary
Cooperation, TID/ESCAP
1 12:30~13:30
Lunch break
Presentation on “NTM and RoO database developed by ESCAP under
APTA concession lists and electronic CoO in APTA”
Session 3
13:30~14:15
Chair: APTA Secretariat, TID/ESCAP
Dr. Joong-Wan CHO, Chief , APTA Secretariat, TID/ESCAP
Presenter: Ms. Jing HUANG, Consultant, TID/ESCAP
APTA: Importance of expansion of membership and future road map
Session 4
14:15~15:15
Chair: Sri Lanka
Presenter: Dr. Ram Upendra DAS, Senior Fellow, Research and
Information System for Developing Countries
15:15~15:30
Tea break
Private Sector’s prospective on APTA and future action plan
Chair: Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP
Dr. Ravi RATNAYAKE, Director, TID/ESCAP
Session 5
15:30~17:00
Presentations by Participating States of APTA:
(15 minutes for each presentation)
 Bangladesh
 China
 India
 Lao PDR
Friday, 14 November 2014
Private Sector’s prospective on APTA and future action plan (continued)
Chair: APTA Secretariat, TID/ESCAP
Session 6
10:00~11:15
Dr. Joong-Wan CHO, Chief, APTA Secretariat, TID/ESCAP
Presentations by Participating States of APTA:
(15 minutes for each presentation)
 Republic of Korea
 Mongolia
 Sri Lanka
APTA: Future Road Map (open discussion)
Session 7
11:15~12:15
Chair: APTA Secretariat, TID/ESCAP
Session 8
12:15~12:30
Wrap-up and Concluding Remarks:
Dr. Ravi RATNAYAKE, Director, TID/ESCAP
12:30~13:30
Lunch break
Dr. Joong-Wan CHO, Chief, APTA Secretariat, TID/ESCAP
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