Asia-Pacific Economic Integration and the Role of the United States and Japan

9:00-9:05 Welcoming Remarks
John J. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS

9:05-9:30

Progress of Asia-Pacific Economic Integration and the Role of the United States and Japan

Hiroyuki Ishige, Chairman and CEO, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

9:30-10:45 New Developments in Asia-Pacific Economic Integration
China: Li Xiangyang, Director-General, National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Japan: Yasuhiko Ota, Editorial Writer, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (NIKKEI)

ASEAN: Vo Tri Thanh, Economist, Central Institute for Economic Management of Vietnam

Discussant: Matthew P. Goodman, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy and Senior Adviser for Asian Economics, CSIS

Moderator: Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University

10:45-11:00
Break

11:00-12:00 Panel Discussion and Q&A Session
Moderator: Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University

12:00-13:30 Luncheon Address
Bruce H. Andrews, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

13:30 Adjourn

[ErnestOfGaia]

great show guys, #BernieOrBust #BreakThroughPower

[ErnestOfGaia]

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[ErnestOfGaia]

when the Secretary stresses and repeats the phrase 'high standards' he is covering up the fact that these trade agreements lower standards

[ErnestOfGaia]

if you understand the ecological footprint and the dependence on fossil fuels that your trade numbers correlate with than you would understand how thin the icecap is on which your social agreements stand on. Stopping the TTP and TTIP will be game changer for the working class. As technology allows for increased communication and collaboration your trade institutions become more and more obsolete as we reorganise ourselves and begin taking back the assets that the capitalist class has accumulated through dispossession.

[ErnestOfGaia]

if your economic policies and business activities (based on neo-liberal economic growth theories) do not shift from ecologically extractive & destructive activities and practices to ecologically regenerative activities and practices (that keep us under 1.5-2 degrees) than you will face major disruptions in the near future

[ErnestOfGaia]

globalized transportation of corporate goods is ecologically unsustainable and your trade agreements do not address this issue.

[ErnestOfGaia]

the fact that you folks at trying to cram the TPP through our US Congress during the lame duck session shows how criminal your TPP agreement is