Last update: 02 August 2005

Palais des Nations - Room XXVI

	Morning 10:00 - 13:00	Afternoon 15:00 - 18:00
	Opening statement: Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD Items 1 and 2: Election of officers and adoption of the agenda Introduction of the substantive item 3,  Statements by: Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Director of DITC Keynote Address: Quantification of NTBs: Overview, Alan Deardorff, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan Item 3: Scope Definition and Classification of NTBs Panelists: Luis Gonzaga, Director, Information Department, ALADI Lee Ann Jackson, Economic Affairs Officer, Agriculture Division, WTO Hiroaki Kuwahara, Chief, Trade Information Section, Trade Analysis Branch, DITC Ludivine Tamiotti, Legal Affairs Officer, Trade and Environment Division, WTO   Possible questions to consider: UNCTAD Coding System of Trade Control Measures (TCMCS), is it still adequate and serving its purposes? Any suggestions for its expansion and/or streamlining? Are the classifications by others (FAO, WTO, etc.) appropriate and practical? What information concerning NTBs is still missing? What is the possible bias that missing information could introduce? Discussion	Item 3: (Continued) NTB database, structure and development Panelists: Rafael Cornejo, Inter-American Development Bank Otto Loesener, Industrial Development Officer, Industrial Promotion & Technology Branch, UNIDO Hiroaki Kuwahara, Chief, Trade Analysis Branch, DITC Mondher Mimouni, Market Analyst, ITC, (UNCTAD/WTO) Kazuaki Miyagishima, Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commissio, Joint FAO, WHO Food Standards Programme   Possible questions to consider: Which should be the preferable sources and methods for collection of best and fuller data on NTBs? (Sources from importing countries, exporting partners, independent sources?) What additional information should be stored for an NTB database? At present, TRAINS include: Product Code (HS), Measure Code (according to TCMCS), Affected Countries, Footnote (for further description of measure and product coverage, if necessary), Date of Introduction, Source of Information. What indicators of NTBs should be readily available to the database users (e.g. frequency counts, import coverage)? In terms of cooperation and partnerships among relevant international organizations, who should collect what NTBs? What should be a division of labour among different organizations, by type of measures or by country/regions? Discussion   18:15  Cocktail offered by the Secretary-General of UNCTAD 1st Floor (E-Building)
	Item 3: (Continued) Quantification of NTBs - the Current Situation Panelists: Marc Bachetta, Counsellor, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO David Laborde, Economist, CEPII Alessandro Nicita, Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank Stephen Tokarick, Senior Economist, Research Department, IMF   Possible questions to consider: The current most used method for measuring the incidence of NTBs is a frequency approach. This approach has obvious problems. What could be more effective approaches that would allow taking account for price, quantity or elasticity changes to provide an indication of the magnitude of the impact of a specific NTB on trade? What are the possible uses of quantified NTBs? What are the limitations? Discussion	Item 3: (Continued) Quantification of NTBs - The Way Forward Panelists: Alan V. Deardorff, Prof. of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan Marco Fugazza, Associate Economic Officer, TAB, DITC, UNCTAD Alessandro Nicita, Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank Stephen Tokarick, Senior Economist, Research Department, IMF   Possible questions to consider: What could make systematic quantification possible? What are the main obstacles to systematic quantitification? What should be most effective forms of cooperation and partnerships among international organizations in improving NTBs´ quantification methods? Discussion
	Item 3: (Continued) Current trends in NTBs´ utilization Panelists: Nancy Adams, Senior Counselor/Chief NAMA Negotiator, U.S. Mission to the WTO Barbara Fliess, Principle Administrator, Trade Directorate, OECD Bernard Hoekman, Groupe d´Economie Mondiale, Institut d´Etudes Politiques, Development Research Group, The World Bank Roy Santana, Economic Affairs Officer, Market Access Division, WTO   Possible questions to consider: What are the trends in the relative importance of the various NTBs? What are today the main NTBs facing exporters of developing countries, including LDCs? In the last ten years, there it has been estimated a seven fold increase in government mandated testing and certification requirements What are in this context the main ways to enable developing countries to be involved meaningfully in the international standard setting so they can participate more fully in world trade?	Item 3: (Continued) Concerns of developing countries Panelists: Soulaymane Coulibaly, Economics and International Relations, Nestle SA (Representative, International Chamber of Commerce) Samuel Laird, Inter-Regional Advisor, UNCTAD Herson Rodriguez, General Director, Informatics, SIECA Subash C. Sharma, Economic, Trade and Transport Division, SAARC   Possible questions to consider: What should be a balanced approach toward disciplining arbitrariness and discretion in the use of NTBs, especially against developing country exporters? Is it realistic to pursue the approach of negotiating and adopting Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) between developed and developing countries? Adoption of the outcome of the discussions