Global trade 2021 | Chatham House | 11 November 2021 | Online Event

Join global trade policy experts and practitioners to discuss how to build a more resilient global trade system that can withstand the shocks of tomorrow.

This year’s ‘Global trade’ conference explores the different potential shocks and broader structural changes facing global trade. Discussion focuses on how policymakers, businesses and civil society can work together to ensure a more resilient and sustainable system in the post-pandemic world.

Join an international audience of policymakers, senior business leaders, intergovernmental and multilateral organizations and other experts to engage in discussion over two days. With a focus on interactivity, key features in the virtual environment include 1:1 networking, polling, Q&A with speakers and live analysis of results.

This conference is part of the Chatham House LIVE series and is being hosted online and on the record.

Why attend?
• Be part of the conversation on how trade practitioners can build on the work of COP26 to better harmonize trade and environmental agendas.
• Explore how heightened geopolitical competition is increasing the likelihood of supply chain shocks.
• Learn about the key emerging supply chain chokepoints as part of the transition towards a green and digital economy.
• Discuss the role the World Trade Organization (WTO) should play in developing a more resilient and sustainable system of global trade.

2021 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Ambassador Katherine Tai
US Trade Representative

SPEAKERS:

Ryan Avent
Trade & International Economics Editor, The Economist

Elina Bardram
Head of Unit, International Relations, DG-Climate Action, European Commission

Creon Butler
Research Director, Trade, Investment and New Governance Models, and Director, Global Economy and Finance Programme

Sabina Ciofu
Head of EU and Trade Policy, techUK

Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director, International Trade Center

Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Consulting Fellow, Global Economy and Finance Programme; Associate Fellow, Sustainability Accelerator

Sean Doherty
Director, International Trade & Investment, World Economic Forum

Angela Ellard
Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organisation

Masamichi Ito
Director, Industrial Research, JETRO

Beata Javorcik
Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Dr Yu Jie
Senior Research Fellow on China, Asia-Pacific Programme

Rem Korteweg
Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute

Tim McLaughlin
Executive Director, Trade Analytics and Industry Solutions, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Joshua Meltzer
Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institute

Wamkele Mene
Secretary-General, AfCFTA Secretariat

Stewart Paterson
Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation

Martijn Rasser
Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security

Marianne Schneider-Petsinger
Senior Research Fellow, US and the Americas Programme; Project Director, Global Trade Policy Forum

Nicolás Schubert
Digital Trade Policy Expert, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile

Tetsuya Watanabe
Vice-President, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry

Sabine Weyand
Director-General, DG Trade, European Commission; Brexit Deputy Chief Negotiator, European Commission (2016-19)

Dr Linda Yueh
Associate Fellow, Global Economy and Finance Programme and US and the Americas Programme

2021 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• AIG
• Hinrich Foundation
• IHS Markit

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• GTR
• Tech UK
• U.S Chamber of Commerce