Seminar on new GATT regulations

Seminar on new GATT regulations

JAKARTA (JP): The National Agency for Export Development
(NAFED) will organize a one-day seminar on the impact of the
newly signed General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) on
Indonesia's business activities.

A spokesman for the agency said that government officials and
executives of state firms, commodity associations and banks are
expected to participate in the seminar, which will be held next
Tuesday at the PPEI building on Jl. S. Parman, West Jakarta,

The meeting will discuss various topics related to the GATT
regulations.

Halida Miljani of the Directorate General for Foreign Trade
will discuss new GATT principles and Riyanto B. Yosokumoro of the
research and development center of the Directorate General for
Foreign Trade will discuss market access for non-textile
products.

Other speakers will include Darry Salim, a former ambassador
to GATT who is now the Minister of Trade's adviser on textile and
garment trade, who will discuss the integration of the Multi-
Fiber Arrangement into GATT, while Mochtar of the research and
development agency of the Ministry of Trade will discuss ruling
on anti-dumping and subsidies.

Bambang Kesowo, a deputy secretary of the office of the
Cabinet Secretariat, will discuss GATT regulations related to
intellectual property rights.

The spokesman said the speakers at the seminar will also
include former director general for foreign trade Suhadi
Mangkusuwondo, and economists Djisman Simanjuntak, Rizal Ramli,
Mari Pangestu and Dorodjatun Kuntjaradjakti.(10)