Trade, Investment, and Human Rights in Asia | Commerce, investissement et droits humains en Asie

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