Event Summary
Geopolitical tensions as well as conflicts at regional, national, and local levels, climate change and sustainability challenges, and the troubling increase in the world's number of under- and malnourished people all form part of the complex web of factors shaping agri-food dynamics, and in turn, trade policies and negotiations.
Pascal Lamy, chair of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) board and a foremost expert in international trade matters who served as European commissioner for trade and director-general of the World Trade Organization, presents his perspectives on the new dynamics of agri-food trade. In examining the past, present, and possible future dynamics of agri-food trade, Lamy focuses in particular on the evolving implications for developing countries and set forth potential approaches to aligning trade policies with the imperatives of sustainability, climate change adaptation and mitigation, food security, and poverty reduction.
His remarks are followed by a set of reflections from a panel of international trade experts and a Q&A session.
WELCOME
Marcus Noland
Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, PIIE
Johan Swinnen
Director General, IFPRI
PRESENTER
Pascal Lamy
Chairperson, Board of Trustees, IFPRI
MODERATOR
Charlotte Hebebrand
Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI
PANELISTS
Joseph Glauber
Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Anabel González
Vice President for Countries, Inter-American Development Bank; Nonresident Senior Fellow (on leave for public service), PIIE
Mary E. Lovely
Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, PIIE
Mari Elka Pangestu
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, PIIE