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APWG SYMPOSIUM 2013
Trade, Investment, and Human Rights in Asia
08:30–09:00 | Registration & coffee
09:00–09:10 | Welcoming remarks
09:10–10:30 | Impacts of Trade & Investment Agreements on Human Rights in Asia
Moderator: David BRUER | Inter Pares
Keynote address by:
Sanya Reid SMITH | Third World Network (40 minutes)
Discussion period (40 minutes)
10:30–10:50 | Coffee Break
10:50–12:00 | PANEL 1
Introduction to Canada’s Trade and Investment Agenda in Asia
Moderator: Richard HARMSTON | Group of 78
Denis CÔTÉ | Asia-Pacific Working Group (20 minutes)
Overview of Canada's Trade and Investment Agenda in Asia
Daniel POON | North-South Institute (20 minutes)
The China Development Model and Canada's Trade/Investment Agenda in Asia
Discussion period (30 minutes)
12:00–13:30 | Lunch and networking
13:30–15:00 | PANEL 2
Human Rights Concerns Associated with Canada’s Increased Trade and Investment in Asia
Moderator: Todd BIDERMAN | Pacific Peoples' Partnership
Ah NAN | Burma Rivers Network (30 minutes)
The Human Rights Impacts of Fast Increasing Investments in Burma
Stuart TREW | Council of Canadians (30 minutes)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Canada-China Investment Agreement: A View from Canada’s Largest Citizens Organization
Discussion period (30 minutes)
15:00–15:20 | Coffee Break
15:20–16:30 | Asian People Mobilization against the Negative Impacts of Trade and Investment Agreements
Moderator: Todd BIDERMAN | Pacific Peoples' Partnership
Afsar JAFRI | Focus on the Global South (40 minutes)
Resistance in India and Beyond
Discussion period (30 minutes)
16:00-16:45 | Concluding remarks
David BRUER | Chair of the APWG