Seminar: 20 Years Chile-EFTA Free Trade Agreement

Lesson Learned and Future Challenges

Register to join the live streaming at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpcOytrD8rE9Ax9-4iMoGB0aMsU_d5Q_LS

Full programme

17:00 Welcoming remarks

• Ambassador Frank Tressler, Ambassador of Chile in Switzerland
• Prof. Joseph Francois, Managing Director and professor of economics at the WTI

17:05 First Panel

• 20 Years of Chile-EFTA Free Trade Agreement: A country's perspective
  • Moderated by Prof. Manfred Elsig, WTI of the University of Bern
  • Ambassador Frank Tressler, Embassy of Chile in Bern
  • Ambassador Kurt Jäger, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the UN Geneva
  • Ambassador Kjersti Rodsmoen, Permanent Representative of Norway to the UN Bern
  • Hervé Lohr, Acting Head Bilateral Economic Relations and Head Americas at SECO
  • Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the UN Geneva (tbc)

17:35 Round of questions

18:00 Second Panel

• Reflections from the academia and private sector on the 20 years of Chile-EFTA FTA
  • Moderated by Mrs. Natalia Nahmías, Consul of Chile in Bern
  • Frank Büchel, Deputy Secretary General at EFTA
  • Dr. Jan Atteslander, Head of Department International Relations, Economiesuisse
  • Dr. Rodrigo Polanco, WTI Senior Researcher and Lecturer
  • Javier Meyer, CMO AQUA4D
  • Germán Fischer, General Manager, Geobrugg

18:30 Round of final questions

18:45 Wine toast