Fonte: Istituto Affari Internazionali 09 Luglio 2020
The Istituto Affari Internazionali
Towards the Italian G20 Presidency
The reform of the WTO and the challenges of global trade governance
Webinar on Zoom platform
10 July 2020 from 11.00 to 12.30
Via A. Brunetti 9 – 00186 Roma
Tel.: +39/063224360
E-mail: iai@iai.it
Welcome address
Armando Barucco
Head of Analysis and Planning Unit, Maeci
Ettore Greco
Executive Vice President, IAI
Chair
Fabrizio Botti
Senior Fellow, IAI
Speakers
Clara Brandi
Senior Researcher, German development Institute (DIE), Berlin
Sait Akman
Senior Research Fellow, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), Ankara
Marco Felisati
Deputy Director Internationalization and Trade Policy, Confindustria
Giorgia Giovannetti
Full Professor, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Conclusions
Pier Carlo Padoan
Vice President, IAIRegister here (Link)
Working language:
English, with no translation.
Structural transformations of global trade patterns, persistent protectionist tendencies and growing geopolitical tensions have undermined the main functions of the World Trade Organization (WTO), eroding its rule-making role and paralysing its dispute settlement system. As a result, the international debate over the reform of the WTO has intensified in recent years. The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on world trade and the lack of coordination in policy responses have further highlighted the need to improve the global trade architecture.
The web meeting will discuss the role of the G20 in promoting the WTO reform and in shaping the future of global trade governance at the time of Covid-19. A paper by Axel Berger and Clara Brandi of the German Development Institute (DIE) on the reform of the WTO will be presented and discussed. The web meeting will take place in the framework of the project “The role of the G20 in promoting global governance: challenges and opportunities of the Italian Presidency in 2021”, funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Compagnia di San Paolo.
The Istituto Affari Internazionali and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Israel’s annexation plan: how should Europe react?
| Webinar on Zoom platform 13 July 2020 from 16.30 to 18.00 CET 17.30 – 19.00 EEST Introductory remarks Hagai El-Ad Executive Director, B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Victor Kattan Nottingham Senior Research Fellow, School of Law, Nottingham University Discussion Raffaella A. Del Sarto Associate Professor of Middle East Studies, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), SAIS Europe Jane Kinninmont Head of Programmes, The Elders Daniel Levy President, Middle East Project Moderated by Nathalie Tocci Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali; Special Advisor to EU FP/VP Joseph Borell Loukas Tsoukalis President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy; Professor, Sciences Po, Paris Register here (Link) Working language: English, with no translation. As the new Israeli government has announced its intention to officially annex large parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the European Union has not yet spelled out the consequences such action will have for its relations with Israel. This web seminar outlines the dynamics this is triggering in Israel/Palestine and discusses how the EU should react. |