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Dealing With Offensive & Defensive

Interest In Malaysia’s International
Commitments In Trade In Services
A Programme Under
The Service Sector Development Fund of Malaysia
Liberalizing The Malaysian Services
Industrial Development Authority
L I B E R A L I Z I N G Sector & Accessing Foreign
THE MALAYSIAN SERVICES Branding & Intellectual Property In
SECTOR
Trade In Services
&
Please return the duly completed application
ACCESSING FOREIGN MARKETS
form to:
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5 - 6 November 2009 KLMCC
Palm Garden IOI Resort
No 79C, Level 3, Damai Complex,
Putrajaya
Closing Date : 30th October 2009 (Friday)
Jln Datuk Hj Eusoff,
Participation Fee : Free of Charge
50400 Kuala Lumpur
Attn To : En Khazali / Mr K. Tharmapalan /
Mrs Rusmawati
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Email : dpmmkl@tm.net.my, khaz@klmcc.com, basis which limited for 50 participants only
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 LIBERALIZING THE MALAYSIAN
SERVICES SECTOR AND ACCESSING
FOREIGN MARKETS
O B J E C T I V E • Kamil Rahman, Grant Thornton, Kuala Lumpur.
The course has been exclusively designed to
enhance the understanding of the participants on
the consequences deriving from the liberalization
of the service sector in Malaysia and abroad.
The course will explain to Malaysian service
providers the economic and business implications
of the liberalization of the service sector in
Malaysia and the corresponding liberalization in
other foreign markets.
In the course will be discussed the opportunities
originated from the liberalization of services in
major foreign countries and will explain which
strategies Malaysian service providers should
adopt in order to benefit from foreign service
sector liberalization and thus conquer foreign
markets.
CONTENTS & STRUCTURE CONTENTS & STRUCTURE
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DAY 1 : 5 November 2009 th
DAY 2 : 6 November 2009
9.00 am to 4.00 pm 9.00 am to 4.00 pm
• Ambassador Roberto Echandi, Costa Rica • Ambassador Roberto Echandi, Costa Rica
Embassy, Brussels Embassy, Brussels
• Sufian Jusoh, World Trade Institute, Bern. • Sufian Jusoh, World Trade Institute, Bern.
• Kuriakose Varghese, India
• Ghazali Salamat, Hitech Circle, Kuala Lumpur • Federico Lupo Pasini, World Trade Institute, Bern.
• Affandy Faiz, Francorp Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBERALIZATION OF • Sadeq Z. Bigdeli, World Trade Institute, Bern
(Iran)
TRADE IN SERVICES
This part will introduce the basic concept of
MANAGING RISK IN FOREIGN MARKET
liberalization of trade in services and how service EXPANSION
providers can take advantage from the
liberalization. Introduction to the regulation of trade Foreign market expansion carries risks with it and
in services in the World Trade Organization one has to know what to expect in the foreign
Agreements and in Regional Free Trade and market expansion in trade in services. This session
Investment Agreements. will explain the business risks associated with the
expansion of the business abroad.
OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE INTERESTS IN
TRADE IN SERVICES
ACCESSING FOREIGN SERVICES MARKET
This session will discuss what are the
consequences of market opening in Malaysia and This part discusses what are the issues, business
abroad. How Malaysian service providers should regulations and peculiarities in accessing market in
defend their market position at home and conquer trade in services the following geographical areas:
market power in foreign markets
• The Middle East
REGULATION OF TRADE IN SERVICES IN • North America
ASEAN and FTAs • Europe
• India
This session will discuss the ASEAN free area for • Central and South America
services (AFAS) and the regulation of trade in • ASEAN
ASEAN and FTAs.