In recent years, more and more countries have included different kinds of gender considerations in their trade agreements. Yet many countries have still not signed their very first agreement with a gender equality-related provision.
The Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy (“ACWH”) of National Taiwan University (“NTU”) co-held the 8th Asian International Economic Law Network Conference (“AIELN”) at NTU on 1-2 December 2023. The seminar’s theme is “The New Generation of Economic Agreements in the Asia Pacific,” which gathered scholars from more than ten countries. Prof. Junji Nakagawa, AIELN’s chairperson , opened the conference, followed by Prof. Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang, ACWH’s director and the local host of this event.
As the Phase III Chair-Holder of the WTO Chair Programme (“WCP”), the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy (“ACWH”) of National Taiwan University (“NTU”) held the first Asian regional WCP meeting at NTU on 17 September 2023, leading to rich and fruitful discussions.
This outreach activity is organized by ASEAN Foundation and Peking University and attended by participants of ACYLS (ASEAN-China Young Leaders Summit) 2021. Topics of my interest and presentation are as follows:
■ ASEAN: Crisis and Schemes for Recovery
– ASEAN & Its Contemporary Economic Crisis
■ Covid-19 Pandemic: A Crisis Like No Other
– A Snapshot on ACRF (ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework) 2020
■ Key Principles and Approach
■ Broad Strategies and Its Enabling Factors
– How do ASEAN Prepare so far? Current State of Play
This outreach activity is designed as a focused group discussion (FGD) forum attended by scholars, and government officials from the Political Study Center of the Indonesian Science Association. Contents of the presentation cover:
■ Indo-Pacific and ”Economic Statecraft” – Geo-economics Perspective
– Argument to Propose: From “Geo-politics” to “Geo-economics”
– Key Elements in Economic Statecraft (ES)
– From foreign policy, diplomacy to economy at home
■ Statecrafting the Economy – Questioning “National (Economic) Interests”
This project is intended to deliver research outputs and solutions to the major problems facing e-commerce and the digital economy in China and the WTO. The first part of the research will examine what approach China should take regarding global governance of the digital economy in the face of the US, EU and Japan's strategies, and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also examine China's efforts to constrain data governance hegemony through the "Digital Silk Road," a component of the Belt and Road Initiative.