Stephanie Wong specializes in ASEAN trade policies and regional economic integration matters.  She works with clients to capitalize on the cost savings available through regional preferential trading and investment schemes, such as the ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff (“CEPT”) Scheme, ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (“AICO”) Scheme and ASEAN Integration System of Preferences (“AISP”) Scheme.  She also assists multinational corporations, trade associations and government agencies to better understand and utilize the free trade agreements (“FTAs”) negotiated or being negotiated by ASEAN as well as individual ASEAN Member States. 
In addition, Ms. Wong provides clients with advice on matters pertaining to customs valuation, post-entry audits and classification rulings. She assists clients in transfer price planning (from customs perspective) and formulates justification with the Customs authority.
Ms. Wong recently returned from secondment to the Singapore Ministry of Trade & Industry (“MTI”) where she was Senior Assistant Director in the Trade Division (ASEAN) in 2007/2008. She was the lead negotiator representing the Singapore government at the ASEAN Task Force on Rules of Origin, ASEAN Coordinating Committee on the Implementation of the CEPT Scheme for AFTA, and ASEAN-Mekong Basin Development Cooperation Steering Committee. She negotiated the comprehensive ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement, which will replace the Agreement on the CEPT Scheme for AFTA, and was also involved in ASEAN policy issues concerning customs, trade facilitation and the ASEAN Dispute Settlement Mechanism. She participated in ASEAN-China, ASEAN-India and ASEAN-EU Free Trade Area negotiations on Rules of Origin.

Languages

• Chinese (Mandarin)
• English