Trilateral Forum VI, January 28-29, 2000, Berkeley

8:30 am: SESSION I. Asian Recovery and Restructuring Issues.

Jiadong Yan, Council of Policy and Strategy

Ryosei Kokubun, Keio University

Stephen Cohen, BRIE

Shinji Fukukawa, "Recovery of the Japanese Economy and Reform of Corporate Management"

Min Hua, "Asian Economy: The Road to Recovery"

Stephen Parker, "Macroeconomic Recovery without Structural Change: Is the Asian Financial Crisis Over and the Recovery Sustainable?"

Teruhiko Mano, "International Financial Exchange Rates Issues"

Decheng Zheng, Fuminori Masubuchi, Steve Vogel, Ed Lincoln

(Lunch, 12:10-1:20pm)

1:30 pm: SESSION II. Trade Issues among the US, China, Japan after Decision on China’s Accession into the WTO.

Amb. Chen Luzhi, China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation

Teruhiko Mano, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd.

Michael Borrus, Petkevich & Partners LLC (BRIE, on leave)

Jialin Zhang, "Sino-US Trade Issues after the WTO Deal—A Chinese Perspective"

Richard Steinberg, "A Summary of Some Views on the China-U.S. WTO Accord"

Shujiro Urata "Trade and FDI Policy Issues Concerning China, the U.S. and Japan after China’s Accession to the WTO" will be presented by Prof. Ryosei Kokubun

Alan Wolff, Remarks on "The Pursuit of America’s Interests in the WTO: an evaluation in the context of U.S. economic relations with Japan and China"

Jianrong Yang, Fuminori Masubuchi, Yasuyuki Sugiura, Ezra Vogel

6:15pm: Reception and Dinner

8:45 am: SESSION II, continued: Trade Issues among the US, China, Japan after Decision on China’s Accession into the WTO.

(Discussion continued)

(Lunch, 12:10-1:20pm)

1:30 pm: SESSION III. What Have We Learned? Review of each national group’s discussions with their governments. Discussion of further recommendations and exploration of ways to sustain conversations and relationships.

Jialin Zhang, CPS

Shinji Fukukawa, DIHS

John Zysman, BRIE