(JETRO) JETRO Co-organizes Seminar on "Trade Geometries with China: The WTO and Beyond" in Washington, D.C. on May 16, 2002


NEW YORK--May 6, 2002

The Japan External Trade Organization New York (JETRO) is co-organizing a seminar along with George Washington University on topics surrounding China's trade relations with the U.S., Japan and other Asian nations. The conference will be held at George Washington University in Washington D.C. on May 16 from 9 am to 2 pm.

This event will be held without charge. Registrations will be accepted by return e-mail or through the contact listed below. A confirmation will be forwarded to all participants by fax or e-mail before the event.

TRADE GEOMETRIES WITH CHINA: THE WTO AND BEYOND

Thursday, May 16, 2002

8:30 am to 2:00 pm

The George Washington University

Jack Morton Auditorium - MPA Building

Washington, D.C. 20052

AGENDA:

8:30--Registration and Coffee

9:00--Opening Remarks

Jun Okumura, President, JETRO New York

9:10--Keynote Speech

Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

9:45--Panel One: China in the WTO

Panel Chair: Elizabeth Economy, Senior Fellow for China and Director of Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Panelists:

Robert Kapp, President, U.S.-China Business Council

Deborah Lehr, Chairman, International Trade Practice, Mayer, Brown & Platt

Yasuhiro Yamada, Director General, Overseas Research Department, JETRO Tokyo

Xiaolin Zhou, Senior Partner, Jun He Law Offices

11:00--Coffee Break

11:15--Panel Two:Trade Policy in Asia

Panel Chair

Harry Harding, Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs, George

Washington University

Panelists

Naoko Munakata, Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade &

Industry, Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Chris Reardon, Visiting Scholar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George

Washington University

Robert Sutter, Visiting Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown

University

12:30--Luncheon

1:15--Luncheon Keynote Speech

J. Stapleton Roy, Managing Director, Kissinger Associates, and Former U.S.

Ambassador to China

1:50--Closing Remarks

2:00--Adjourn

"U.S. investors and executives are increasingly enamored by the potential of China and the opportunity that it offers," noted Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution. "The prospects are indeed enormous but the reality quite complex, particularly as China moves to make the many adjustments that come along with WTO membership."

"The emergence of China represents huge opportunities as well as challenges for internationally-focused businesses and services firms", commented Satoshi Miyamoto, Executive Director of JETRO New York. This seminar is designed to identify some of the ways in which growth in this dynamic economy will impact the WTO system as well as bilateral and multilateral trade relations between the U.S., Japan, other Asian nations and the world at large."

To submit your reservation request, please reply by return e-mail or contact:

Kurt Swihart

JETRO New York

212-997-0414

kurt_swihart@jetro.go.jp

For more information or to register online, please refer to:

http://www.jetro.org/newyork/china/

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