Pandemic and the Global Economy: A virtual workshop series

PAST SESSIONS:

1. Session: 24 April 2020 (Friday), 16:30 European Standard Time

Topic: Medical goods trade - Export restrictions and national regulation of MNE production

Chair: Joseph Francois, Managing Director WTI

Panelists: 

Chad Bown (Peterson Institute)

Thomas Cottier (WTI, University of Bern)

Mona Pinchis-Paulsen (Stanford University)

Roy Santana (World Trade Organization)

2. Session: 1 May 2020 (Friday), 16:30 European Standard Time

Topic: IP Protection and Access to Medical Technology in Health Emergencies

Chair: Joseph Francois, Managing Director WTI

Panelists:

Frederick M. Abbott (Florida State University)

Thomas Cottier (WTI, University of Bern)

Arno Hold (AIPPI)

Ana Santos Rutschman (Saint Louis University)

3. Session: 8 May 2020 (Friday), 16:30 European Standard Time

Topic: Investment Treaties vs Public Health Policies

Chair: Joseph Francois, Managing Director WTI

Panelists:

Emily Blanchard (Dartmouth College)

Rahul Donde (Lėvy Kaufmann-Kohler)

Ana Novik (OECD, Investment Division)

Rodrigo Polanco (WTI, University of Bern)

4. Session: 15 May 2020 (Friday), 16:30 European Standard Time

Topic: COVID-19 and the Role of International Economic Organizations

Chair: Peter Van den Bossche, Director of Studies WTI

Panelists:

Manfred Elsig (WTI, University of Bern)

Martin Kaufman (International Monetary Fund)

Julia Nielson (OECD)

Roberta Piermartini (World Trade Organization)

5. Session: 22 May 2020 (Friday), 16:30 European Standard Time

Topic: Trade Policy in a Post-pandemic World

Chair: Joseph Francois, Managing Director WTI

Panelists:

Chad Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics )

Meredith Crowley (University of Cambridge)

Bernard Hoekman (European University Institute)

Beata Javorcik (EBRD and University of Oxford)

6. Session (in combination with our "Know the Gap" Gender lecture series): 26 May 2020 (Tuesday), 17:00 European Standard Time

Topic: Gender Equality, Power and Participation during a Pandemic Crisis

Chairs: Prof. Elisa Fornalé (WTI, University of Bern) and Prof. Georgia Salanti (ISPM, University of Bern)

Panelists:

Zsuzsa Blaskó (European Commission)

Annalisa Rosselli (Università degli Studi di Roma)

Alessandra Minelli (Università degli Studi di Firenze)

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7. Session: 29 May 2020 (Friday), 16:30 European Standard Time

Topic: The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of Subsidies

Chair: Peter Van den Bossche, Director of Studies WTI

Panelists:

Joseph Francois (WTI, University of Bern)

Michael Hahn (Institute of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern)

Jesse Kreier (Georgetown Law, Washington, D.C.)

Gabrielle Marceau (Faculty of Law, University of Geneva)

8. Session: 5 June 2020 (Friday), 17:00 European Standard Time

Topic: The Impact and Challenges of COVID-19 in Latin America

Chair: Rodrigo Polanco, WTI, University of Bern

Panelists:

Nanno Mulder (Chief International Trade Unit, International Trade and Integration Division, ECLAC)

Michelle Ratton Sanchez Badin (Associate Professor, Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Brazil)

Ricardo Ramírez Hernández (Chair of International Trade Law, Mexican National University (UNAM))

Eleonora Lozano Rodriguez (Associate Professor, Universidad de Los Andes, Faculty of Law, Colombia)

9. Session: 12 June 2020 (Friday), 14:00 European Standard Time

Topic: The Impact and Challenges of COVID-19 in Asia

Chair: Manfred Elsig, Deputy Managing Director WTI

Panelists:

Amrita Narlikar (Prof., President German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg)

Shintaro Hamanaka (PhD, Overseas Research Fellow of Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Washington D.C.)

Soo Yeon Kim (Prof. National University of Singapore)

Sufian Jusoh (Prof. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)

10. Session: 26 June 2020 (Friday), 16:30 European Standard Time

Topic: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Trade in Agricultural and Food Products

Chair: Peter Van den Bossche, Director of Studies WTI

Panelists:

Joseph Glauber (Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., and  former Chief Economist of USDA)

Christian Häberli (Senior Research Fellow, WTI, University of Bern)

Lee Ann Jackson (Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, OECD)

Alan Matthews (Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy, Trinity College Dublin)

The format is part roundtable, part general discussion. Participation requires registration. To register, please email communication@wti.org
(Virtual) space is limited!

Recordings of previous sessions can be found here.