CALL FOR PAPERS: CAG CONFERENCE ON TRADE, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND STRUCTURAL REFORMS IN ASEAN

CAG CONFERENCE ON TRADE, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND STRUCTURAL REFORMS IN ASEAN

Dates: January 9-10, 2017

Time: 8:00 - 17:30

Place: Room D201 & D202, University of Social Sciences and Humanities

           10-12 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, HCMC

The conference is organized by Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore in collaboration with Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City - University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Regional integration in Asia is at a crossroads. The year 2015 was a milestone for the regional integration effort: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations were concluded in October 2015; the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was launched in December 2015; and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) aims to conclude the negotiations by the end of 2016. The slowdown of the Chinese economy became evident affecting trade and investment flows as well as regional supply chains. The TPP aims to realize a high standard of liberalization and a comprehensive set of rules covering about 40% of the world GDP and 26% of the world trade. Non-member countries such as South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan indicated their interests to join the TPP. It presents challenges for the ASEAN integration as not all the ASEAN countries are part of the TPP. These external conditions in the region are shaped by the competition and cooperation between the US and China. In response, the ASEAN countries must exert themselves in the regional integration effort, propel domestic reforms, and achieve equitable growth across and within countries.

This conference will discuss the implications of the changing regional integration landscape for ASEAN and examine policies necessary to keep each economy and the whole region viable and to achieve inclusive growth. The relevant questions and topics for the conference include:

• How do the changing trends in the world economy affect trade and investment in the ASEAN countries?
• What are the economic impacts of the TPP on the ASEAN countries?
• The TPP and domestic reforms in the ASEAN countries.
• How can the ASEAN countries enhance the productivity and competitiveness of industries?
• What role does the AEC and the RCEP play for the ASEAN countries?
• What are the necessary policies to deal with the ramification of globalization in each country?
• How can the ASEAN countries benefit from infrastructure development?
• How will the rise of the middle class in the ASEAN countries change their growth trajectories?

Keynote Speakers:

Venue: Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City - University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Conference submission deadline: Those interested in presenting at the conference should send a completed paper via email to http://spptk@nus.edu.sg. Submissions can be made any time but by no later than November 15, 2016. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by no later than November 30, 2016.

Publication opportunity: Selected papers presented in the conference will be considered for a special issue publication in the … Guest editor is Tomoo Kikuchi of National University of Singapore.

Financial support: CAG will cover economy class airfare and local accommodation for selected papers. The presenters with financial support need to submit their paper for the special issue.

For further inquiries, please contact Tomoo Kikuchi: http://spptk@nus.edu.sg

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