Program of the 1996 Annual Meeting
Vancouver, Canada—April 20-22, 1996

Saturday, April 20

9:00-9:10
Opening of meeting by the Chairmen
Allan E. Gotlieb, Kiichi Miyazawa and Otto Graf Lambsdorff

9:10-10:30
CANADA’S POLITICAL CHALLENGES
- QUEBEC AND THE CANADIAN FEDERATION
L.R. Wilson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BCE Inc., Montréal
Conrad M. Black, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hollinger Inc., Toronto
- A VIEW FROM WESTERN CANADA
Michael E.J. Phelps, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Westcoast Energy Inc., Vancouver
Allan E. Gotlieb, Chairman of the Trilateral Canadian Group, presided.

10:45-12:00
THE CANADIAN, U.S. AND MEXICAN ECONOMIES THREE YEARS AFTER NAFTA’S RATIFICATION
- THE CANADIAN ECONOMY
Roy MacLaren, Former Canadian Minister of International Trade; High Commissioner-designate in London (from July 1)
- THE U.S. ECONOMY
Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company; former U.S. Trade Representative
- THE MEXICAN ECONOMY
Claudio X. Gonzalez, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kimberly-Clark de México

12:30-14:15
U.S. POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY
John McCain, Member of the U.S. Senate (Republican, Arizona)
Charles S. Robb, Member of the U.S. Senate (Democrat, Virginia)

14:45-17:15
Discussion of draft report:
GLOBALIZATION AND TRILATERAL LABOR MARKETS: EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS
Niels Thygesen, Professor of Economics, Economics Institute, University of Copenhagen
Yutaka Kosai, President, Japan Center for Economic Research
Robert Z. Lawrence, Professor of International Trade and Investment, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

19:00
Dinner session
Allan M. Rock, Canadian Minister of Justice

Sunday, April 21

9:15-10:30
EUROPE’S FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES
- MOVING TO EMU AND SUSTAINING EUROPE’S WELFARE STATES
Hervé de Carmoy, Chairman, Banque Industrielle et Mobilière Privée, Paris; former Chief Executive, Société Générale de Belgique, Brussels
- THE POLITICAL IMPERATIVE OF EU AND NATO ENLARGEMENT REQUIRES MAJOR REFORM
Karsten Voigt, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD); Foreign Policy Spokesman of the SPD Parliamentary Group

10:45-12:00
JAPAN IN SEARCH OF A NEW FRAMEWORK
Yoichi Funabashi, American Bureau Chief and Diplomatic Correspondent, The Asahi Shimbun
Toyoo Gyohten, President, Institute for International Monetary Affairs

12:30-14:15
Luncheon session
SECURITY IN THE ASIA PACIFIC AREA
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Hisashi Owada, Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations; former ViceMinister of Foreign Affairs
Han Sung-Joo, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea; President, Ilmin International Relations Institute, Korea University

14:45-17:30
ASIA PACIFIC REGIONALISM
Jusuf Wanandi, Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta
C. Fred Bergsten, Chairman, APEC Eminent Persons Group (1992-95); Director, Institute for International Economics
Yotaro Kobayashi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Daniel Janssen, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Solvay & Co.

Monday, April 22

7:30-9:00
MOVING TOWARD GREATER EXCHANGE RATE STABILITY
C. Fred Bergsten (substituting for Paul A. Volcker)
Commenting:
Kiichi Miyazawa and Otto Graf Lambsdorff

9:15-11:45
Discussion of draft report:
MAINTAINING ENERGY SECURITY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
William F. Martin, Chairman, Washington Policy and Analysis, Inc.;
former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
Ryukichi Imai, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for
International Policy Studies; former Japanese Ambassador to
Kuwait, Mexico and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
Helga Steeg, Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency

11:45
Closing of meeting by the Chairmen
Otto Graf Lambsdorff
Kiichi Miyazawa
Allan E. Gotlieb

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