OECD Global Forum on Trade

Programme of the Global Forum on Trade, June 2008

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24 June 2008

18:00 – 20:00

Welcome reception in the “Hall du Château” at OECD headquarters, 2, rue André Pascal, 16th arrondissement, Paris

25 June 2008


9:00 – 9:30	*Registration*

9:30 – 10:30	*Opening:* Welcome and introductions: - Stefan Tangermann, Director, Trade & Agriculture Directorate, OECD Keynote speakers: - Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary General, OECD - Masahiro Kawai, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute - Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, ICRIER, India

10:30 – 13:00	*Session I:* Impact of the BRIICS on International Trade
	Chair: - Debapriya Bhattacharya, Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the WTO Speakers: - Richard Newfarmer, World Bank - Jörg Wuttke, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
	Questions for discussion
	● What are the most significant ways in which the BRIICS economies impact upon world markets? ● What are the import and export challenges facing the BRIICS in the medium term? What are the implications of their likely responses for the rest of the world? ● OECD countries have an important stake in the development of emerging economies. How best can OECD countries support emerging economies’ economic dynamism? ● How should trade policy in other emerging economies and developed countries adapt to the BRIICS’ growing weight in world trade? ● What lessons for other developing countries can be drawn from the experiences of each of the BRIICS economies?

13:00 – 15:00	*Lunch*

15:00 – 18:00	*Session II:* The role of the BRIICS in the globalisation process
	Chair: - Rob Davies, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa Speakers: - Przemyslaw Kowalski & Margit Molnar, OECD - Pekka Sutela, Institute for Economies in Transition, Bank of Finland - Renato Flores, EPGE Graduate School of Economics, Brazil
	Questions for discussion
	● What has been (and will be) the role of the BRIICS in the evolution of supply chains management and corporate structures? ● How do the trade and policy challenges facing the BRIICS differ from those confronting OECD countries on the one hand, and other developing countries on the other? ● What areas of market and “government” failure appear to be emerging in world trade and what does this imply for the BRIICS and OECD countries

17:45	*Presentation* by the World Bank Institute on the “World Trader Indicators 2008, Benchmarking Policy and Performance”

18:30 onwards	OECD Summer Party at the OECD Chateau (tickets for sale at venue)

26 June 2008


10:00 – 13:00	*Session III:* Political Economy of Trade and the BRIICS
	Chair: - Carlos Alberto Primo Braga, World Bank Speakers: - Razeen Sally, London School of Economics and Political Science - Mustapha Nabli, World Bank
	Questions for discussion
	● What are the prospects for a fresh wave of trade and FDI liberalisation and associated structural reforms in the BRICS? ● What are the future trade-policy reform priorities in the BRIICS? How do domestic regulatory barriers fit into the picture? ● Maintaining the momentum of trade reform in the BRIICS has proven difficult. What have been the political economy impediments (e.g. interest groups, anti-reform ideas, institutions, factor endowments, foreign policy)? ● Which national and multilateral institutional changes might improve trade policy in the BRIICS?

13:00 – 15:00	*Lunch*

15:00 – 17:00	*Session IV:* The Way Forward
	Chair: - Stefan Tangermann, OECD Speakers: - Carlos Alberto Primo Braga, World Bank - Debapriya Bhattacharya, Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the WTO - Isher Judge Ahluwalia, ICRIER, India - Mario Matus, Permanent Mission of Chile to the WTO - Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organisation - Simon Evenett, University of St. Gallen ● Panel discussion followed by Rapporteur’s presentation and closing debate The discussion over the past day and a half should enable participants to identify: ● Key challenges emerging from the effects of the globalisation process on the economies of the BRIICs countries ● Most promising policy tools and interventions to manage this globalisation process ● A research agenda for improving evidence-based policy-making in areas of common interest