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Webinar on CPTPP Webinar on June 28. Register now!
28 June @ 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM UTC-5
Dear CACCI and YEGAP members and friends,
The Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) invites you to the upcoming webinar on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), scheduled to take place on June 28 at 2:00 PM, Taipei Time.
CPTPP is a trade agreement among Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. It evolved from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which was never ratified due to the withdrawal of the United States.
The eleven signatories have combined economies representing 13.4 percent of global gross domestic product, at approximately US$13.5 trillion, making CPTPP one of the world’s largest free-trade areas by GDP, along with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, The European single market, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Jointly organized by CACCI and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), the webinar will feature expert speakers from Japan, Taiwan, and Australia who will share their perspectives on the following topics:
(1) Current status of the CPTPP (the signatories, newest members, current applicants, potential applicants, etc.)
(2) Rationale of the Agreement
(3) Benefits expected from the Agreement
(4) What are the challenges, issues, and/or criticisms for the implementation of the Agreement going forward? How may these challenges be overcome?
AGENDA
14:00
Opening Remarks by the Moderator, Mr. Lennon Tan, President of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation
14:05
Special Remarks by Dr. Roy Chun Lee, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
14:10
1st Presentation by Mr. Noriyuki Mita, Director of Strategy & Planning Division at Basic Materials Business Group, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
14:30
2nd Presentation by Dr. Huai-Shing Yen, Associate Research Fellow and Senior Deputy, Executive Director at the Taiwan WTO and RTA Center, Chung Hwa Institution for Economic Research (CIER)
14:50
3rd Presentation by Hon. Professor Andrew Stoeckel, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at the Australian National University
15:10
Q&A Session
15:25
Closing Remarks by the Moderator
Registration is FREE. Click HERE.
Please join this informative webinar to understand this trade scheme that could impact trade flows, foreign investments, and capital flows in the Asian region.
Sincerely yours,
David Hsu
Director-General
Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry
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