| PROGRAMME | |
| DAY ONE (21 March 2017) |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Introduction |
| 09:15 | Why countries should start establish a path to broader free trade areas and the need for new approaches in response to the uncertainty of the TPP |
| 10:00 | Morning Refreshments |
| 10:15 | The need to push new free-trade framework and connectivity between domestic and international businesses |
| 11:00 | Taking a closer look at the China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as an alternative to the TPP - a mixture of hope and trepidation |
| 11:45 | A preliminary assessment on proposed framework for ASEAN Pacific Alliance, as an alternative to the TPP |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Alternative trade agreement and a good trade deal that is workable for member countries: balancing alternative and priority |
| 14:45 | Open dialogue on how countries should put in place necessary policy measures in order to overcome competition from regional neighbors |
| 15:30 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15:45 | Addressing new trade challenges, especially to encourage the participation of small and medium sized enterprises in trade to achieve economies of scale and benefit substantially in the long term through better trade access |
| 16:30 | Panel Discussion |
| 17:00 | End of Day 1 |
| DAY TWO (22 March 2017) |
| 09:00 | Introduction |
| 09:15 | Laying the groundwork for the passage of a free trade path that leads to expand trade, shared benefits and support market-based alternatives |
| 10:00 | Morning Refreshments |
| 10:15 | Challenges in developing a global justice framework for discussing the potential outcomes of the trade agreement |
| 11:00 | Managing crucial global governance challenges to ensure appropriate framework to access to enormous economic gains, expands trade and broadly shared benefits |
| 11:45 | Overcoming competition from regional neighbors and how to maximize broadly shared trade benefits |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Fast-track process to enhance the efficiency and competitiveness in the process of integration into a new trade deal |
| 14:45 | New approaches to international regulatory cooperation in response to the challenge of mega-regional trade agreements |
| 15:30 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15:45 | Understanding the additional layers of regulatory complexity that these new trade agreements have added |
| 16:30 | Concluding Panel Discussion |
| 17:00 | End of Conference |
Laying the groundwork for the passage of a new trade deal that is workable for member countries and supporting market-based alternatives, while overcoming the regulatory complexity that these new trade agreements have added |
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Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact now seems to be off the table. It is crucial for all forward-thinking countries to lay the groundwork for a new passage of trade deal that is workable. A new trade deal that is expected to improve market access, trade and investment flows that will help drive the country’s economic growth, including reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers substantially for both goods and services, encouraging greater investment and addressing new trade challenges in the modern economy, especially to encourage the participation of small and medium sized enterprises in trade in order to achieve economies of scale and benefit substantially in the long term through better trade access. As such, An Alternative to Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Conference 2017 is a timely platform to share perspectives into reviewing new free trade path that leads to enormous economic gains, expands trade and allows for broadly shared benefits. It is also a timely platform for countries to set in place appropriate policy measures to overcome the additional layers of regulatory complexity that these new trade agreements have added. |