OECD Global Forum on Trade

Programme of the Global Forum on Trade 2011

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8 November 2011, OECD Conference Centre Auditorium


09:00 – 09:30	Registration

09:30 – 09:45	Opening Remarks Secretary General Angel Gurría (OECD). Donwload his speech.

09:45 - 10:30	Keynote presentation Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University

10:30 – 11:45	Session I: How does trade relate to employment and growth? (macro perspectives) Chair: Bernard Hoekman, World Bank Presentations Trade, Employment and Growth, Gary Banks, Productivity Commission Making Globalisation Socially Sustainable, Stephen Pursey, ILO Trade and Employment in Asia, Doug Brooks, ADB Open discussion

11:45 – 12:00	Coffee break

12:00 – 13:00	Session II, Part I: What is the nature of inclusive growth and how is it influenced by trade? How does trade liberalisation affect vulnerable groups in society? Chair (Part I): Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University Presentations Trade integration and income inequality: links and policy responses, Stefano Scarpetta, OECD Trade, international trading system and inclusive development, Mina Masheyekhi, UNCTAD Open discussion

13:00 – 15:00	Lunch break

15:00 – 16:00	Session II, Part II: What is the nature of inclusive growth and how is it influenced by trade? How does trade liberalisation affect vulnerable groups in society? (continuation) Chair (Part II): Raed Safadi Presentations Trade and Inclusive Growth, Bernard Hoekman, World Bank Connectivity, trade facilitation and inclusive growth: Some lessons from the Greater Mekong Subregional cooperation program, Jean-Pierre Verbeist, Asian Institute of Technology Open discussion

16:00 – 16:30	Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00	Session III: What are the employment implications of regional trade integration? Chair: Dawn Shackleford, USTR Presentations Multilateralising RTAs - Labour Market Implications, Alejandro Jara, World Trade Organisation Employment implications of regional trade integration: Is it all about trade policy?, Paolo Giordano, IADB Asian and Transpacific Paths to the Asia-Pacific Economic Community, Michael Plummer, OECD Open discussion

18:00 – 19:30	Cocktail


9 November 2011, OECD Conference Centre Room 9

09:30 – 11:00	Session IV: Are there transferrable policy lessons from national labour market policy experience with trade liberalisation? Chair: Amb. Aders Ahnlid, Sweden Presentations Labour Market policy and Trade, John Martin, OECD Labour market and social policies when markets are open, Marion Jansen, ILO Trade, Adjustement and Labour Market Policies, Steven J. Matusz, Michigan State University Open discussion

11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00	Policy Conclusions: Panel discussion on points of convergence and divergence in labour market experience and policy responses to trade liberalisation Moderator: Guy de Jonquières, European Centre for International Political Economy Moderated question & answer session with policy makers and social partners Carlos Primo Braga, World Bank Tadahiro Asami, Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD John Evans, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD David Frost, Director for Europe, Trade & International Affairs, UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Ken Ash, OECD Rapporteur’s preliminary oral report on conference Closing remarks: Ken Ash, OECD

For economists and other interested stakeholders, there will be an ICITE Technical Seminar on 9 November, 15:00 – 18:00, where several new ICITE papers will be presented. The agenda for the technical seminar is available here.