8:15 |
Registration & Coffee/Tea |
8:45 |
Welcoming Remarks: Thomas Leonardi, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs & Public Policy, AIG |
9:30 |
Keynote: Ambassador Dennis Shea, Deputy United States Trade Representative, Geneva |
9:00 |
Session 1: What are the prospects for successful WTO reform?
Moderated by: Shawn Donnan, Bloomberg |
10:45 |
Coffee/Tea break |
11:15 |
Session 2: If the reform process stalls, what next?
Moderated by Rem Korteweg, Head, Europe in the World Unit, Clingendael Research, Netherlands Institute of International Relations |
12:15 |
Session 3: What are the implications of all this for business?
Moderated by: Chris Southworth, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce, United Kingdom |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
8:30 |
Registration & Coffee/Tea |
9:00 |
Welcoming Remarks
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9:15 |
Keynote Speech: Ambassador Alan Wolff, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organisation |
9:45 |
In conversation: What Next for the WTO?
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10:15 |
Session 1: Brexit, Trump & Xi – What options for Europe?
Moderated by Rem Korteweg, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute
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11:30 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
11:45 |
Session 2: In conversation with the Port of Rotterdam: How are global trade hubs responding to political, technological and climate change?
Moderated by Matthew Oxenford, Research Associate, Global Economy and Finance, Chatham House
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12:15 |
Session 3: How is technological change transforming the landscape of global trade?
This session looks at the impact on trade patterns of changing trends in technology, digitisation and economic development. How will technologies like blockchain, automation and 3-D printing reshape globalisation? And who stands to benefit?
Moderated by David Henig, Director of the UK Trade Policy Project, European Centre for International Political Economy
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13:30 |
Lunch |
8:30 |
Registration & Coffee/Tea |
8:50 |
Group Photo |
9:00 |
Welcoming Remarks
Moderator: Yihai Li, Secretary General, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences |
9:15 |
Keynote Speeches:
Moderator: Daogen Zhang, President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences |
9:30 |
Keynote Speech: China’s Economic Development and the Changing Patterns of Global Trade
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9:45 |
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Rem Korteweg, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute |
10:40 |
Refreshment Break |
11:00 |
Keynote Speech: What are the Next Steps for the Belt and Road Initiative?
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11:15 |
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Sharon Yuan, Managing Partner, The Asia Group |
12:15 |
Lunch |
13:30 |
Keynote Speech: How can non-traditional security risks on the Belt & Road be managed more effectively?
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13:45 |
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Alessandro Arduino, Co-Director Security and Crisis Management International Center, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
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15:40 |
Closing reflections on the Global Trade Series: Washington DC, Rotterdam, Shanghai
Moderator: Rhodri Williams, Head of International Public Policy, AIG |
16:00 |
Meeting End |