As a part of "ERIA UPH Distinguished Lecture Series 2013", the lecture session on "Trade Rules and Monetary Policy: Implication to ASEAN member states" was held on June 11, 2013 at ERIA Annex Office, Jakarta.

This lecture session is the fifth and last event, and closes the series of lectures which has started since February 2013. Presentation was given by Mr. Simon Lacey, MTIC Academic Director of Universitas Pelita Harapan whose main areas of expertise are international economic law, WTO accession, trade development and trade negotiations. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Dionisius A. Narjoko, Researcher of ERIA as the discussant and emphasized on the implications for trade and investment of ASEAN member states. The distinguished lecture series 2013 was organized jointly by ERIA and UPH and the activities aim to provide a platform for knowledge transfer and meaningful discussions on topics related to global economics, trade negotiations and international law, and to make a further contribution in realizing the AEC 2015.