The video conference, which is part of the "WTO
and World Trade" conference, was held simultaneously in Seattle
at 5:30 p.m., December 4, 1999 and Hong Kong at 9:30 a.m., December 5,
1999. It was co-chaired by Kar-yiu Wong in Seattle and Richard
Ho in Hong Kong. Three papers were presented:
Ian
Wooton,
University of Glasgow, "Trade
in International Transport Services: The Role of Competition"
(discussed by Leonard
Cheng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology);
Carsten Kowalczyk, Tufts University, "Trade
Negotiations, Distortions, and Welfare” (discussed by Edwin
Lai, City University of Hong Kong); and
Earl
L. Grinols, University of Illinois, "Does the WTO Worsen Trade Disputes?:
Evidence from US Cases" (discussed by Eden
Yu, Chinese University of Hong Kong).
You can get more information about the conference,
including its full program, the list
of participants, and copies of most of
the papers presented.
The video clips are slightly more than 17 minutes long, with the
first part introducing some of the participants and the second part
being taken from the clips taped in Seattle. To view the clips, you need
to have the Real Player in your system. You can download
the free software.
If you have Real Player in your system, please click
here for the video clips.
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