What future for the global trading system?
Event Summary
With trade confrontations, disruptive technologies, and geostrategic rivalry reshaping the global economy, the trade and investment policy landscape has been rapidly changing. Then came COVID-19. Can the global trading system survive amid so many challenges? How can we revive global trade cooperation? Joining to discuss in this episode of Trade Winds were:
Host:
Anabel González
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
Guests:
• Pascal Lamy, President of the Paris Peace Forum, former Director-General of the World Trade Organization and former Trade Commissioner of the European Union. Author of Strange New World: Geoeconomics vs Geopolitics, 2019.
• Robert B. Zoellick, Member of the Board, PIIE; former President of the World Bank and former United States Trade Representative. Author of America in the World: A History of US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy (forthcoming).
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About This Series
Trade Winds explores the future of international trade—the challenges, possibilities, and where international efforts are headed—in a monthly virtual event series hosted by Cecilia Malmström. Join the discussion to learn from global policymakers, practitioners, business leaders from different sectors, experts, and more.