IMF/World Bank/WTO Trade Workshop

The second IMF/WB/WTO joint trade workshop was held at the WTO headquarters in Geneva on June 5-6, 2013. The workshop brings together trade experts from the three institutions to present on-going research projects, discuss current policy issues and identify areas of future collaboration.

 

The themes of the second IMF/WB/WTO trade workshop were:

    (i) trade, diversification and policy;
    (ii) trade research in international organizations;
    (iii) trade, policy and shocks; and
    (iv) global value chains.

Christine Lagarde (Managing Director, IMF) and Pascal Lamy (Director General, WTO) addressed conference participants.

 

Wednesday, June 5

 

14:15–14:30

Introductory Remarks

    Alejandro Jara, DDG, World Trade Organization

     

14:30–18:15

Session I: TRADE, DIVERSIFICATION AND POLICY
Chair: Aaditya Mattoo (WB)

 

14:30–15:50

 

16:15–18:15

 

Thusday, June 6

 

9:00–9:30

Opening Remarks

  • Pascal Lamy, DG, WTO;
    > Speech
  • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (recorded message)
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9:30–10:15 Session II: TRADE RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Panelists:

 

10:40–12:40 Session III: TRADE, POLICY AND SHOCKS
Chair: Ranil Salgado (IMF)
14:45–17:50

Session IV: GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS
Chair: Hubert Escaith (WB)

 

14:45–16:05

 

16:30–17:50

    Export destinations and input prices: evidence from Portugal, by Paulo Bastos (WB), Silva (WB) and Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University)
    >Presentation

    Deep agreements and the internationalization of production, by Alberto Osnago (WTO), Nadia Rocha (WTO), and Michele Ruta (IMF)
    >Presentation

     

17:50–18:00

Concluding remarks

Patrick Low, WTO