Taller sobre comercio organizado por el FMI, el Banco Mundial y la OMC
El segundo taller FMI/Banco Mundial /OMC sobre el comercio tuvo lugar en la OMC los días 5 y 6 de junio de 2013. Contó con la asistencia de expertos en comercio de las tres instituciones, que pudieron presentar los proyectos de investigación en curso, debatir cuestiones de política actuales e identificar esferas de colaboración futura.
Los temas del segundo taller FMI/Banco Mundial/OMC sobre comercio fueron los siguientes:
- i) comercio, diversificación y políticas;
ii) investigación comercial en las organizaciones internacionales;
iii) comercio, políticas y conmociones; y
iv) cadenas de valor mundiales.
Wednesday, June 5
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14:15–14:30 | Introductory Remarks Alejandro Jara, DDG, World Trade Organization
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14:30–18:15 | Session I: TRADE, DIVERSIFICATION AND POLICY
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14:30–15:50 | New evidence on preference utilization, by Alexander Keck (WTO) and Andreas Lendle (Graduate Institute) Economic diversification in low–income countries (LICs): stylized facts and macroeconomic implications, by Chris Papageorgiou (IMF) and Nikola Spatafora (IMF) |
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16:15–18:15 | Income volatility: whom you trade with matters, by Marion Jansen (WTO), Carolina Lennon (WB), and Roberta Piermartini (WTO) Are the benefits of export support durable? Evidence from Tunisia, by Olivier Cadot (University of Lausanne), Ana Fernandes (WB), Julien Gourdon (CEPII), and Aaditya Mattoo (WB) Where are we now on trade and the trade finance link? Marc Auboin (WTO) and Martina Engemann (University of Munich) |
Thusday, June 6
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9:00–9:30 | Opening Remarks |
9:30–10:15 | Session II: TRADE RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Panelists:
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10:40–12:40 | Session III: TRADE, POLICY AND SHOCKS Chair: Ranil Salgado (IMF) Emerging economies, trade policy, and macroeconomic shocks, by Chad P. Bown (WB) and Meredith A. Crowley (FRB Chicago) Trade policy uncertainty and the WTO, by Roberta Piermartini (WTO) Spillover effects of exchange rates: a study of the Renminbi, by Aaditya Mattoo (WB), Prachi Mishra (IMF), and Arvind Subramanian (Peterson Institute) |
14:45–17:50 | Session IV: GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS
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14:45–16:05 | Quantifying upstreamness in East Asia: insights from a Coasian model of production staging, by Thibault Fally (University of Colorado) and Russell Hillberry (WB) Measuring competitiveness: trade in goods or tasks?, by Tamim Bayoumi (IMF), Mika Saito (IMF) and Jarkko Turunen (IMF) |
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16:30–17:50 | Export destinations and input prices: evidence from Portugal, by Paulo Bastos (WB), Silva (WB) and Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University) Deep agreements and the internationalization of production, by Alberto Osnago (WTO), Nadia Rocha (WTO), and Michele Ruta (IMF)
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17:50–18:00 | Concluding remarks Patrick Low, WTO |