The second Technical Assistance to the ASEAN Regional Integration Support

Indonesia Trade Related Assistance

ARISE PLUS-INDONESIA – TRADE SUPPORT FACILITY

Strengthening the capacity of the

Ministry of Trade in Non-Tariff
Measures
Workshop #1: Agenda
13 June 2022

Lead Project Reference No.: ACA/2021/425-601

Agreement No.: SC001
Purpose and Context of Workshop #1
Location: Jakarta
Timing: 04-08 July 2022
Format: Presentation & Discussion
Trade barriers are on the rise. While the prevalence of tariffs as barriers to international trade have
declined due to the tariff reduction efforts at the multilateral and bilateral levels, trade in goods
continues to be hampered by non-tariff measures (NTMs). NTMs are defined as “policy measures other
than ordinary customs tariffs that can potentially have an economic effect on international trade in
goods, changing quantities traded, or prices or both.”1 These might include, among others, packaging
requirements, labelling requirements, import quotas, etc. UNCTAD-WB (2018) characterises NTMs as
the “grey zone where trade policy meets national regulation”.
NTMs take many forms and shapes. NTMs may be related to identifying and processing the
information on relevant requirements in the target market (information costs), the need to adjust the
product or production process to the requirements of the importing country (specification costs), or
to verifying and proving that these requirements are actually met (conformity assessment costs), or a
combination of the three.2
NTMs also have worldwide presence. On a global level, Anderson and van Wincoop (2004) estimate
that transport and NTM costs may be as high as 170% of the cost of the product in developed countries.
Estimates of Kee, Nicita, and Olarreaga (2009) show that ad valorem equivalents of NTMs are also
typically larger than tariffs. UNCTAD-WB (2018) identify that, although the average costs associated
with NTMs are not extremely large, they can result in nearly prohibitive trade.3
Reducing bilateral barriers to trade in services and non-tariff barriers for trade in goods is therefore
a key item in any negotiating agenda. Through this first workshop, the team will go over the key
measures that conform NTMs, particularly with regards to formal measures (i.e. TBT, SPS, TFA, etc.).
The participants will also learn how to identify such measures through a series of practical exercises.
The target audience of the workshop are officials from the Ministry of Trade and line Ministries critical
for trade in goods.

1 UNCTAD (2019). International Classification of Non-Tariff Measures (2019 version), based on UNCTAD (2010). Non-tariff Measures:
Evidence from Selected Developing Countries and Future Research Agenda. (United Nations publication, New York and Geneva).
2 See, amongst others, von Lampe, M., Deconinck, K. & Bastien, V. (2016), “Trade-Related International Regulatory Co-operation: A

Theoretical Framework”, OECD Trade Policy Papers, No. 195, OECD: Paris; OECD (2017), International Regulatory Co-operation and Trade:
Understanding the Trade Costs of Regulatory Divergence and the Remedies. OECD: Paris; Gourden, J., Cadot, C. & von Tongeren, F. (2018)
Estimating Ad Valorem Equivalent of Non-Tariff Measures: Combing Price-based and Quantity based Approaches. TA/TC/WP(2017)/12/Final.
OECD: Paris. April
3 UNCTAD-WB (2018). The Unseen Impact of NTMs: Insights from a New Database. United Nations Conference for Trade and Development,

World Bank.

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Day 1: Overview of NTMs
VENUE: Jakarta
DATE: Monday, 04 July 2022 (09:15-15:00)

Time Area of Coverage Speaker

09:15-09:30 Introduction to the Workshop and welcoming address ARISE+:
Alessandro
Martinatto,
Team Leader
MOT:
Nur Rakhman
Setyoko,
Director.
09:30-10:45 Overview of NTMs Pablo Quiles
This session will provide an overview of how the WTO, through
its different agreements, addresses NTMs and Non-Tariff Alexey
Barriers (NTBs). Examples of NTMs include: Kravchenko
- Quantitative restrictions, (UNESCAP)
- Sanitary and phytosanitary measures,
- Technical barriers to trade,
- Lack of transparency,
- Trade facilitation barriers, etc.

Q&A
10:45-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00 NTMs across the World Pablo Quiles
This session will cover the economics of NTMs, their
typology, and their impacts on international trade, and how Ferdi Ferdian
FTAs address NTMs. (tbc)

Q&A
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 Overview of prevalence and impacts of NTMs Pablo Quiles
Identifying NTMs
The session will provide an overview of the methodologies David Vanzetti
and databases most commonly used to identify and analyse (online, tbc)
NTMs, focusing on the key available indicators.
Ria Roy
Q&A
Incudes break from 14:00-14:15

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Day 2: WTO Agreement on SPS
VENUE: Jakarta
DATE: Tuesday, 05 July 2022 (09:30-15:00)

Time Area of Coverage Speaker

09:30-12:00 Basic Obligations of the WTO Agreement on SPS Pablo Quiles
basic aspects of the SPS Agreement, including the types of SPS
measures covered (substantive and transparency obligations),
the Agreement’s basic obligations and the interpretation by the
WTO Dispute Settlement Body.

Q&A
Incudes break from 10:45-11:15
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-13:45 Overview of SPS measures in FTAs Pablo Quiles
Analysis of the existing commitments undertaken across the
different FTAs. The presentation will make particular
emphasis on the EU’s approach to SPS measures in their
existing FTAs.
Q&A
13:45-15:00 Exercise Pablo Quiles
This session will allow the participants to interpret the
different FTAs commitments undertaken in this particular
area and identify possible future roadblocks on the basis of
the WTO’s I-TIP Database.

Q&A
Incudes break from 14:00-14:15

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Day 3: WTO Agreement on TBT
VENUE: Jakarta
DATE: Wednesday, 06 July 2022 (09:30-15:00)

Time Area of Coverage Speaker

09:30-12:00 Basic Obligations of the WTO Agreement on TBT Pablo Quiles
The session will cover the basic aspects of the TBT Agreement,
including the types of TBT measures covered (substantive and
transparency obligations), the Agreement’s basic obligations
and the interpretation by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.

Q&A
Incudes break from 10:45-11:15
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-13:45 Overview of TBT measures in FTAs Pablo Quiles
Analysis of the existing commitments undertaken across the
different FTAs. The presentation will make particular
emphasis on the EU’s approach to TBT measures in their
existing FTAs.
Q&A
13:45-15:00 Exercise Pablo Quiles
This session will allow the participants to interpret the
different FTAs commitments undertaken in this particular
area and identify possible future roadblocks on the basis of
the WTO’s I-TIP Database.

Q&A
Incudes break from 14:00-14:15

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Day 4: WTO Agreements on SCM and ADA
VENUE: Jakarta
DATE: Thursday, 07 July 2022 (09:30-15:00)

Time Area of Coverage Speaker

09:30-11:30 Overview of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Pablo Quiles
Measures
The session will provide an introduction to the WTO Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM). The different
types of subsidies (prohibited, actionable and non-actionable)
will be introduced, together with the concepts of injury and
causality.
Q&A
Incudes break from 10:45-11:00
11:30-12:00 SOEs and the WTO Loan Le
Quick overview of the treatment of State-Trading Enterprises at (online)
the WTO.
Q&A
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 Overview of the Agreement on Anti-Dumping Pablo Quiles
The second session of the day will introduce the WTO’s
Agreement on Anti-Dumping (ADA) and the Agreement on
Safeguards. The session will address the basic concepts of the
Agreements, their requirements, and the practice by WTO
Members.
Q&A
Incudes break from 14:00-14:15

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Day 5: WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement
VENUE: Jakarta
DATE: Friday, 08 July 2022 (09:30-11:30)

Time Area of Coverage Speaker

09:30-11:15 Overview of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement Pablo Quiles
The session will provide an introduction to the WTO Agreement
on Trade Facilitation (TFA), its characteristics, and Yann Duval
implementation to date. (online, tbc)
Q&A
Incudes break from 10:45-11:15
11:15-11:30 Closing Remarks MOT:
Ari Satria,
Secretary of DG
ITN

ARISE+:
Alessandro
Martinatto,
Team Leader

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Team of Trainers
Lead Trainers
Pablo Quiles is Manager of Trade Advisory Services at International
Economics Consulting Ltd, where he focuses on trade negotiations, trade
policy, and trade strategy within the consulting arm of the company. Pablo
joined the firm in 2015 and has worked on the development of national
trade policy reports, has contributed to the elaboration of impact
assessment studies across the world – such as the ESA-EU EPA, UK-India FTA
and Angola-EU SADC FTA Accession, analysed the impact that technical
assistance projects have had on the beneficiary countries, and co-authored multiple reports on
regional integration, WTO negotiations, and modern trade policy analysis. He has authored trade in
services restriction reports of the World Bank for Mauritius and undertaken several detailed analyses
of provisions in trade in services in FTAs. He also provides strategic advice to companies in their global
expansion efforts by analysing market opportunities and providing legal advice on the company's
operational activities.
Pablo is a Law Graduate and holds a Master of Law in International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO
LL.M.) from the University of Barcelona, Spain, and a Masters of Legal Practice from the Open
University of Catalonia, Spain.

Guest Speakers

Yann Duval is Chief, Trade Facilitation Unit, Trade and Investment Division,
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP). Since joining ESCAP in 2002, he has designed and delivered
capacity building programmes and advisory services on trade policy and
facilitation throughout the ESCAP region, including the trade facilitation
segment of the Regional WTO Trade Policy Course at the National University
of Singapore. He currently leads the activities of the United Nations Network
of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (UNNExT) and has been
instrumental in the creation and development of the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on
Trade (ARTNeT).
Prior to joining the United Nations, Dr. Duval was Assistant Professor of International Business and of
Agricultural Economics at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Washington State University
(USA), respectively. His work has been published in various academic journals, including International
Tax and Public Finance and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in
economics from Kansas State University, USA as well as an engineering degree from ESA Purpan,
France.

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 Alexey Kravchenko is Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Policy and
Facilitation Section of the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of the
United Nations ESCAP. His work revolves around issues of trade and
sustainable development, non-tariff measures, illicit financial flows and
trade misinvoicing in the region. His most recent work focused on trade
and climate change. He previously worked with ICT and Disaster Risk
Reduction Division at ESCAP which was centred on enhancing broadband
connectivity within the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining the United
Nations, he ran a consultancy which specialized in non-market valuation, choice modelling and geo-
spatial online surveys. He also taught various undergraduate and graduate economics and
econometrics courses in China (Shanghai International Studies University) and New Zealand
(University of Waikato and Waikato Institute of Technology). He holds Masters in International
Business and Mandarin (1st class Hons), Masters in Economics (1 class Hons), and a Ph.D in Economics
from the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Loan Le is Managing Director of International Economics Consulting in
Vietnam. Her work covers trade and market analysis, multilateral and
bilateral trade agreements, trade preferences, trade negotiations, business
facilitation, and value chain analysis. Loan has been working on a range of
cross-border trade projects, including on digital trade connectivity
platforms in ASEAN, preferential market access guides, trade negotiation
training and advisory work, digital markets and economic integration
programmes in the African countries. She recently concluded a Survey on
Barriers to Services Trade and Investment in Mauritius for the World Bank and has carried out several
assessments of mega trade deals in the area of services and sustainability, including CPTPP and RCEP.
Before joining International Economics Consulting Ltd., she worked at Baker & McKenzie. Loan holds
a MA in International Trade Policy & Law and a BSc in International Business & Economics from the
Foreign Trade University of Hanoi, in addition to an LLB from Hanoi Law University.
David Vanzetti is International Economics Consulting’s Senior Technical
Advisor on Economic Modelling. He started his career in the global
Environment and Trade Modelling Section of the Australian Bureau of
Agricultural and Resource Economics. He moved to work with the World
Bank and IFAD as a consultant before taking up a position at UNCTAD as
Senior Economics Affairs Officer for the Trade Negotiations and Commercial
Diplomacy Branch. There he contributed to the IT solution for agricultural
trade modelling work (ATPSM). He has since freelanced for UNCTAD, the
ILO, World Bank and USAID projects as CGE modeler and senior economist on many trade-related
policy issues. His most recent works include studying the rules of origin, labour standards and the TPP,
as well as working with Paul on the EU-Vietnam FTA agreement and modelling impacts of trade on
economic growth in East Africa. Dr. Vanzetti is widely published in a series of refereed journals. He
obtained a BSc in Economics from the University of Western Australia, a MSc in Agricultural Economics
from the University of Reading, UK, and a PhD in Economics from La Trobe University, Australia. For

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the last 11 years, he has been a visiting fellow at the Crawford Institute of the Australian National
University.
Ferdi Ferdian is a trade specialist with more than 15 years’ experience in
trade and economic sector development with specialization in trade law
analysis, legal, economic and business analysis, trade legislation and
regulation in relation to FTA and MAS, economic impact on EU market
access to Indonesia through FTA and Market Access Strategy. Ferdi has been
working on projects mainly related to trade in services, investment, tariff
barriers, customs and trade facilitation, regional economic cooperation and
sustainable development.
Ferdi has an extensive experience in analysis of trade and in developing policy research based on
sound analytical data. While working for the French Embassy in Indonesia, he was responsible for
monitoring, analyzing, advising and reporting to Economic and Trade Counsellor on the economic,
trade, investment and industry situation and developments in New Technologies, ICT and Services
(financial, professional, transport and environmental services) in Indonesia. Ferdi Ferdian has also
experience in preparations for FTAs, including the CEPA agreement to be concluded between
European Union and Indonesia. He was a trade expert under the project of EU-INDONESIA Business
Network (EIBN), where he handled issues on economic impact on EU market access to Indonesia
through FTA and Market Access Strategy and Trade Defence Instruments. Ferdi holds an MBA from
the University of Prasetiya Mulya, Indonesia.
Ria Roy works at the intersection of the Trade and Data Analytics work of
International Economics Consulting Ltd. Ria’s main areas of expertise are in
impact assessment studies, modern trade policy analysis, trade
development studies and e-commerce. Specifically, Ria has been actively
involved in impact assessments of EU, UK and Asian FTAs, and the drafting
of e-commerce assessments in the Asia-Pacific and Africa regions. Ria holds
a BA in Economics and Statistics from St Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad in
India, and she is completing her MSc in Development Economics at SOAS, University of London.

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