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Presented by Greg A. Elms on behalf of: Ni Made Ayu Marthini, Director Bilateral Negotiation Directorate General for International Trade Negotiation (DGITN)

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“Strengthening Skills and Knowledge to Expand International Trade Cooperation”

TPSA Project Final Conference - June 26, 2019 Focus: Knowledge, Skills Acquired and Outcomes, Impacts and Benefits Gained

By having a collaboration between Government of Indonesia (GoI) and TPSA Canada, the main objective of the Directorate General of International Trade Cooperation is to produce a large number of staff with the required skills to support trade negotiations. DG ITC is required to do so, because currently GoI has large number of trade agreements which are being simultaneously negotiated. We needed up-to-date knowledge on effective practices and policies and to strengthen the negotiation skills of staff.

Our Objectives

One of the activities which has been conducted is Trade Negotiation Simulation Training. Through this training, we gain several knowledge and skill such as:

• understanding of WTO general rules and principles, non-agricultural

market access, the General Agreement on Trade in Services, and the Trade Negotiation Process

• knowledge about success factors for win-win negotiations, and the

simulation training built staff confidence and skills to negotiate.

• Outcome: Trade negotiation simulation training built the skills and

confidence of our staff and prepared them to support the many real- world trade negotiations of the directorate.

Trade Negotiation Simulation Training

On 26th of September, TPSA program was also conducted visit study to

• Geneva. This program is conducted to provide special training on issues

relating to trade service negotiations and policy reform for GoI

Geneva Visit on Services Trade Negotiation

Through the Geneva Visit, delegation of Indonesia are:

• applying an improved understanding of different techniques in trade in

services negotiations.

• gaining deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges of

trade in services liberalization.

• acquiring

practical knowledge

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the WTO dispute settlement mechanism, and the latest developments in services trade dispute resolution, which they are now applying in their daily work responsibilities.

Geneva Visit on Services Trade Negotiation

Most countries have not optimized the important role of services in trade performance, including Indonesia, where profits from export services have not been optimally utilized. On 4th of April, TPSA program was also conducted Services Trade Internship and Workshop. Through this activities, the delegates gain:

• Determination

that Indonesia’s Service Exports have been undervalued

• Understanding of the ways that services are exported
• Understanding the negative impacts on competitiveness caused by

high restrictiveness on investments in services in Indonesia.

Services Trade Internship and Workshop

• The Internships in Canada on services trade enhanced delegates’

understanding of the important role that services trade plays, and on the benefits of openness to services to improve the competitiveness of the Indonesian economy.

• The interns were able to share their findings with a wide range of

interested stakeholders at a large dissemination workshop after their return, raising awareness of this important topic.

Other benefit of Services Trade Internship and Workshop

Through TPSA program, several officials of GoI got the first opportunity to observe and participate in the annual WTO Ministerial Conference. Participants were able to observe and learn from participation in two rounds of WTO Ministerial Conferences. Through the program, Participants gained and shared knowledge about implications for Indonesia on:

• Agriculture Trade Negotiations
• NAMA Negotiations
• The Trade Facilitation Agreement
• Services Negotiation
• Investment Facilitation

WTO Ministerial Conferences 10 and 11

The delegates brought back and shared a number of key policy learnings and recommendations to their colleagues in Indonesia:

• Eliminating fisheries subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported,

and unregulated fishing is in line with Indonesia’s national interest.

• Facilitating investment can constitute a key component of Indonesia’s

future economic development policy.

• Liberalizing trade in services can have substantial economic benefits,

indicating that Indonesia should undertake a review of it’s domestic regulations and revisit it’s negotiation positions.

• Encouraging the revival of multilateral agricultural negotiations should

be a priority for Indonesia.

The Benefits On Attending the WTO Ministerial Conferences 10 and 11

In developing knowledge and skill of GoI’s Negotiator, 7 of September 2017, directorate of Bilateral of MoT colaborated with TPSA Canada to

• ffer three-day training on negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs). The

workshop highlighted FTA challenges and opportunities for Indonesia. It included problem which was faced by Indonesia.

Training: Negotiating Free Trade Agreements

Through this training, participants are able to enhanced their understanding/perceptive/knowledge, which has enabled them to more effectively support and advance Indonesia’s ambitious agenda

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• ngoing trade talks. The topics which were discussed on the training was

the following:

• Challenges and Opportunities in negotiating FTAs
• Differences between FTAs and Multilateral Agreements
• Regionalism vs. Multilateralism
• Legal Aspects of FTAs
• Negotiation Strategies and Tactics
• How to Best Prepare for Negotiations
• Usual topics negotiated in FTAs
• Preferential Market Access
• Trade Rules and Regulations
• New Content in Modern FTAs: investment rules, government

procurement, state owned enterprises, and trade facilitation

• Overview of Vietnam’s FTAs

Training: Negotiating Free Trade Agreements

On the 24th

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April 2018, TPSA telah menawarkan lokakarya untuk implementasi Perjanjian Fasilitas Perdagangan. Workshop topics include 1) Trade facilitation in the WTO and other trade agreements; 2) Status of TFA implementation and implementation of the National Trade Facilitation Committee (NTFC) in Indonesia; 3) Best practices in managing NTFC; 4) Legal aspects in trade facilitation; 5) The main trade facilitation principles and steps; 6) Support the implementation of TFA through research; 7) How can Indonesia take advantage of the TFA implementation?

Training: Trade Facilitation Agreements

This workshop on the implementation of trade facilitation agreements under WTO and FTAs has helped to speed up the implementation of the new National Trade Facilitation Committee’s agreed responsibilities under the Bali Agreement on Trade Facilitation. The public and private sector participants reached a consensus on the need for the NTFC to:

• Include both public and private members
• Be government led
• Have a broad mandate
• Monitor changes in cross-border trade regulations and laws
• Disseminate information on the progress of the TFA
• Organize public-private consultations on cross-border trade

procedures.

• Coordinate international technical assistance with foreign partners
• Adopt a dynamic communications strategy.

Training: Trade Facilitation Agreements

The TPSA project has provided us with valuable knowledge and skills which has enabled our new and existing staff to more effectively support

• ur progressive and broad trade agreement negotiation agenda in

several key areas:

• WTO Trade Negotiation skills
• Important of Trade in Services
• Negotiation of Trade in Services
• Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements
• Mechanisms for Public-Private Consultation
• WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement
• Investment Facilitation Agreements

The knowledge and skills gained from the TPSA project are being actively applied by our staff in all of our priority activities.

Results of Partnership with the TPSA Project