The Financial Leaders Group is pleased to invite you to attend a WTO Services Roundtable on the morning of December 16.  Topics to be discussed will include: Insurance and Insurance Intermediaries; Banking; Securities; and Asset Management, Pensions and Financial Information. Each participant will discuss:

a) Benefits of financial services for development
b) Difficulties faced in liberalizing financial services
c) Their own experiences with financial services liberalization

Below is the current agenda:

I.  Opening remarks and welcome by moderator

• Stephen Haddrill, Director General, Association of British Insurers

II.  The Developmental Benefits of Financial Services Liberalization

a.                   Mr. Sumanta Chauduri, Ministry of Commerce, India *

b.                   Mr. Audo Faleiro, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil *

c.                   Mr. Peter Govindasamy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore &
......................Chairman Working Party On Domestic Regulation

d.                   Ms. Mpho Leeska, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa *

e.                   Assistant Secretary Clay Lowery, U.S. Treasury *

f.                    Mr. Raul Saez, Ministry of Finance, Chile *

g.                   Ms. Jen-Ni Yang, Department of Commerce, Taiwan *

III.  Question and answer and discussion

IV.  Concluding remarks and summary of session by moderator

 * - Invited