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Quatri錕絤e Atelier sur le commerce OMC/Banque mondiale/FMI
Le quatri錕絤e Atelier organis錕?conjointement par l'OMC, la Banque mondiale et le Fonds mon錕絫aire international aura lieu le 29 juin 2015 au si錕絞e de l'OMC 錕?Gen錕絭e. Il r錕絬nira des sp錕絚ialistes du commerce des trois institutions, qui sont invit錕絪 錕?pr錕絪enter la recherche de pointe sur le commerce et la politique commerciale, 錕?examiner des questions de politique actuelles et 錕?identifier des domaines de collaboration future.
(temporairement en anglais)
The themes of the fourth IMF/WB/WTO trade workshop are:
- Global value chains, growth and price movements
- Trade, productivity and growth
- Trading firms, uncertainty and policies
The Director-General of the WTO, Roberto Azevêdo will address conference participants. A panel discussion on the "value of the multilateral trading system at 20" will take place with WTO's Chief Economist, Robert Koopman; World Bank Group Senior Director for Trade and Competitiveness, Anabel Gonzalez; IMF's unit chief for trade and external policies, Martin Kaufman; and Professor Thomas Cottier, University of Bern. Workshop attendance is by invitation only (WTO delegations, selected members of the academic and think tank community) but staff papers and audios will be posted on the webpage at the end of the workshop.
This activity is taking place in the context of the 20th Anniversary of the WTO.
Programme |
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9:00 — 9:30 |
Introductory Remarks |
9:30 — 11:00 |
Session 1: Global Value Chains, Growth, and Price movements Moderator: Era Dabla-Norris, IMF Trade in Value-Added and Growth: Revisiting Demand and Supply Dynamics Hubert Escaith (WTO) Global Value Chains and the Exchange Rate Elasticity of Exports Swarnali Ahmed, Maximiliano Appendino and Michele Ruta (IMF-WB)
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11:00 — 11:30 |
COFFEE BREAK
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11:30 — 13.00 |
Session 2: Trade, Productivity and Growth Moderator: Caglar Ozden, WBG Reassessing the Productivity Gains from Trade and FDI Liberalization: An Industry-Level Approach Jaebin Ahn, Era Dabla-Norris, Romain Duval, Binjie Hu and Lamim Njie (IMF)
Knowledge Complementarity, Trade Composition and Long-Run Growth Jie Cai and Nan Li (IMF)
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13:00 — 14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK
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14:00 — 16:30 |
Session 3: Trading Firms, uncertainties and policies Moderator: Robert Koopman, WTO Exporter Behavior, Country Size and Stage of Development: Evidence from the Exporter Dynamics Database Martha Denisse Pierola (WB), Ana M. Fernandes and Caroline Freund Product Standards and Margins of Trade: Firm Level Evidence Lionel Fontagné, Gianluca Orefice, Roberta Piermartini (WTO) and Nadia Rocha Synthetic Control Methods and Customs Reforms: An Application to Serbia’s in-house Clearance Program Russel Hillberry (WB), Ana M Fernandes, Claudia Berg
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16:30 — 18:00 | Panel Discussion : Tthe multilateral trade system at 20: the value of the system; how to make it work better. Moderator: Marc Auboin, Counsellor, WTO Panelists: Robert B. Koopman, WTO Chief Economist; Anabel Gonzalez, Senior Director, Global Trade and Competitiveness Practice, WBG; Martin Kaufman, Unit Chief, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF; Thomas Cottier, Professor of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern
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Workshop organizers: Marc Auboin (WTO), Ana M Fernandes (WB), Christian Henn (IMF)