5th TED Virtual Conference:
New
Issues for the Millennium Trade Round:
Perspectives from the United States,
Japan, and Malaysia
August, 1999
New
Issues for the Millennium Trade Round:
Perspectives from the United States,
Japan, and Malaysia
August, 1999
New Issues for the Millennium Round: Perspectives
We welcome you to join our fifth Virtual Conference titled: New Issues for the Millennium Trade Round: Perspectives. This fifth virtual conference is about one-half Malaysian students (from the Higher Education Learning Project), one quarter American (AAmerican University), and one-quarter from Japan (Ritsumeikan University). The orientation takes a look at important issues by consciously creating more international mix to the actual creators of the case studies. Here the focus is on the Asia-Pacific area
There are several ways to participate in the conference, participate as a paper
presenter, a commenter, or both. As a commenter read the papers posted below and
then you are welcome to leave messages for the paper author directly from the
mailbox at the bottom of the paper. Also, you may leave a comment on the
"Message Board" which covers more general topics that cross several cases.
Finally, if you register for the conference, we can provide you with emails for
all other registrants. Paper presenters are automatically registered.
Contact the Conference Organizer Jim Lee
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About the Conference
The fourth
TED Virtual Conference focuses on new issues that the next round of WTO
negotiations will need to address. The "Millenium Round", as some have begun to
call it, is symbolic because it will be the first trade negotiating round in the
21st century. It will therefore set the tone for globalization and its impacts
on culture, labor and environment around the world.
We want to make the
case for including new issues squarely within the next round of trade
negotiations. Realizing that hard economic times make further trade
liberalization less likely, nevertheless one goal should be to encourage
disciplines that cushion peoples from the negative effects of trade.
This is our fourth virtual conference. The first two conferences outlined some issues that will be present in the next WTO round of trade negotiations.
Link to Cost Benefit Conference
The second conference squarely examined culture issues in trade and
environmental contexts, through three panels relating to food, globalization, and
symbol issues.
The third conference
began a two year effort to look at the issues of importance to the Millennium
Round of WTO Trade Negotiations and the New Issues that need addressing. Three
panels examined issues of culture, environment, and rights with respect to
trade.
Section 1: Food Trade Issues
548 HALAL
Halal and Meat
Trade Regulation, by Shiwo Nagase
562 COCONUT Japan-Philippines
Cocunut Trade and Dietary Fashions, by Hiromi Inoi
574 PIGVIRUS
Malaysian Pig
Virus and Trade and Environment, by Say Hong Kong
Section 2: Tourism and Transport Trade Issues
571 FORMULA1 Formula One
Racing, the Economy and the Environment, by Emily Teh
572 LANGKAWI Langkawi Island
in Malaysia and Tourism, by Eva Yoong
573 MALACCA Malacca Straights
and the Impact of Transportation, by Sharina Gan
575 KLIA
Kuala Lumpur
International Airport, Trade and Environment, by Foo Kim Leong (Michael)
519 MALAYPRK
Tourism in Malayisia's Taman Negara Rainforest, by Jim Lee
Section 3: Resources and Trade Issues
576 MALAYTIN Malaysia and Tin
Mining, by Rebecca Lau
578 CHINAWD China Deforestation
adn Trade, by Tian Yuan
579 MALAYOIL Malaysia Oil Trade
and Environmental Impacts, by Toh Ch'ng Yeow (David)
Section 4: Services Trade Issues
568 KEDAH
Japanese
Development Aid to Malaysia, by Nao Matsui
577 MSC MultiMedia Super
Corridor and Trade, Culture and Environment, by Soon Loi Wong
577 KOMODO Komodo Island Tourism, by Jo Dickison
