Pramila A. Crivelli is an economist at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Her main fields of specializations are applied econometrics, international trade policy, regional trade agreements, trade negotiations, rules or origin, and nontariff measures, and geographical indications. At ADB, her current work focuses on trade agreements, aid for trade, the digital economy, and on supporting the APEC regional forum.

Prior to joining ADB in November 2020, she was an assistant professor at the Goethe University Frankfurt leading the Chair of International Trade. Pramila’s work has been published in academic peer reviewed journals including the Journal of International Economics and The World Economy. With a strong expertise in applied economic policy and technical cooperation, she served as an economic affairs officer at United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, researcher at the European University Institute, and the World Trade Organization. Widely experience in delivering capacity building and advisory services to governments, public and private institutions, and trade negotiators in multilateral and regional fora, she carried out consultancies for various clients in Asia and Africa. She received her PhD in economics from the University of Geneva.

Stefano Inama is a Chief, Technical Assistance, Trade and Customs in the Division on African and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), UNCTAD Geneva, Switzerland.

Mr. Inama possess over 30 years of experience on trade and customs issues matured advising Governments and private sector. He has designed and managed research and traderelated capacity building programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America, with a focus on trade laws and policy, regulatory and institutional trade issues with a specialization on rules of origin and market access. He has written extensively on these subjects as well as on related industrial policy questions.

He is the author of one of the most comprehensive analytical books on rules of origin (Rules of origin in International Trade, Cambridge University Press, 2009,forthcoming edition 2022) and has co-authored ASEAN rules of origin :a way forward and The foundations of the ASEAN Economic Community, Cambridge University Press 2015.

Mr. Inama has been representing UNCTAD during the negotiations in the Technical Committee on Rules of Origin (TCRO) established at the World Customs Organizations and most recently at the Working group on the revision of annex K of the Kyoto convention.

Mr Inama holds Masters and LLM degrees from the University of Bologna and College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. He is member of the faculty of the ASEAN integration through at Center of International Law of Singapore and has been Visiting Lecturer at the Columbia University, the World Trade Institute, Master in International Law and Economics, M.I.L.E. and at IELPO International Economic law and Policy.

Felicia Gan is a Senior Manager in the SEA Global Trade Advisory practice based in Singapore. With more than 11 years of experience, Felicia has worked with various companies on a variety of trade and customs matters in supply chain, counselling companies on HS classification, valuation, trade facilitation schemes, import/export controls, FTAs, and development of internal compliance programmes for efficient management of trade operations.

In her capacity as a Senior Manager in the Asia Pacific team, Felicia has extensive experience in managing regional projects and working with cross-border teams to support multinational companies in projects involving multiple jurisdictions. In respect of market entry and customs duty planning projects, she has been involved in the roll out of various “go-direct” models, working together with internal company stakeholders from finance, tax, supply chain, logistics, legal, and trade compliance, to set up internal processes for seamless operations from a trade compliance perspective. Other areas of focus include advising on requirements relating to product safety standards, origin markings and labelling, environmental and occupational safety and health requirements, as they pertain to cross border movement of goods and intersection with Customs authorities.

In view of increasing audits in the Asia Pacific region, Felicia has spent a majority of her time supporting companies with audits by Customs authorities in the Asia Pacific region including onsite verification visits by Customs authorities (e.g., Korea customs Services) on issues pertaining to origin calculations, valuations and classifications, and helping companies defend in-country customs audits in various Asia Pacific countries including India, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

She also regularly conducts trade compliance training workshop for in-house teams and a frequent speaker on various customs topics. Felicia graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) degree with specialisation in Finance, Operations and Supply Chain Management, from the National University of Singapore

Pramila A. Crivelli is an economist at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Her main fields of specializations are applied econometrics, international trade policy, regional trade agreements, trade negotiations, rules or origin, and nontariff measures, and geographical indications. At ADB, her current work focuses on trade agreements, aid for trade, the digital economy, and on supporting the APEC regional forum.

Prior to joining ADB in November 2020, she was an assistant professor at the Goethe University Frankfurt leading the Chair of International Trade. Pramila’s work has been published in academic peer reviewed journals including the Journal of International Economics and The World Economy. With a strong expertise in applied economic policy and technical cooperation, she served as an economic affairs officer at United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, researcher at the European University Institute, and the World Trade Organization. Widely experience in delivering capacity building and advisory services to governments, public and private institutions, and trade negotiators in multilateral and regional fora, she carried out consultancies for various clients in Asia and Africa. She received her PhD in economics from the University of Geneva.