Global Free Trade Versus Trade agreements

The annual sessions of the Sri Lanka Economic Association(SLEA) themed Global Free Trade Versus Trade Agreements will be held from July 28- 29 at the BMICH.

The keynote address will be delivered by the Chief Guest Professor of International Economics, Institute of International Studies Stockholm University Harry Flam while the sessions will be inaugurated by the Governor of the North Central Province Dr Jagath Balasooriya.

The major objective of selecting this topic was to examine and analyse how compatible and how sustainable different trading arrangements react to globalisation and the challenges, threats and opportunities they present to countries such as Sri Lanka in their march towards sustained economic growth, said Chairman SLEA Prof. A. D. Indraratne.

The four technical sessions will be held on July 29. The first session themed multilateral trading system and the regional trading blocks will deal with topics such as "from Doha to Hong Kong" by Dr Saman Kelegama and Asian Regional trading arrangements including ASEAN, BIMSTEC, IORARC, SAFTA and APEC by N. C. Magedaragamage.