Cuarto taller FMI/Banco Mundial/OMC sobre el comercio

El cuarto taller organizado conjuntamente por la OMC, el Banco Mundial y el Fondo Monetario Internacional se llevará a cabo en la sede de la OMC en Ginebra el 29 de junio de 2015. El evento reunirá a expertos en comercio de las tres instituciones que expondrán investigaciones de vanguardia sobre comercio y política comercial, examinarán cuestiones actuales de política y determinarán esferas en las que se podría colaborar en el futuro.

(de momento sólo en inglés)

 

The themes of the fourth IMF/WB/WTO trade workshop are:

  1. Global value chains, growth and price movements
  2.  Trade, productivity and growth
  3. Trading firms, uncertainty and policies

The Director-General of the WTO, Roberto Azevêdo will address conference participants. A panel discussion on the "value of the multilateral trading system at 20" will take place with WTO's Chief Economist, Robert Koopman; World Bank Group Senior Director for Trade and Competitiveness, Anabel Gonzalez; IMF's unit chief for trade and external policies, Martin Kaufman; and Professor Thomas Cottier, University of Bern. Workshop attendance is by invitation only (WTO delegations, selected members of the academic and think tank community) but staff papers and audios will be posted on the webpage at the end of the workshop.

This activity is taking place in the context of the 20th Anniversary of the WTO.

 

Programme

9:00 — 9:30

Introductory Remarks

9:30 — 11:00

Session 1: Global Value Chains, Growth, and Price movements

Moderator:

    Era Dabla-Norris, IMF

Trade in Value-Added and Growth: Revisiting Demand and Supply Dynamics

Global Value Chains and the Exchange Rate Elasticity of Exports

    Swarnali Ahmed, Maximiliano Appendino and Michele Ruta (IMF-WB)
    > Presentation

Audio

 

11:00 — 11:30

COFFEE BREAK

 

11:30 — 13.00

Session 2: Trade, Productivity and Growth

Moderator:

    Caglar Ozden, WBG

Reassessing the Productivity Gains from Trade and FDI Liberalization: An Industry-Level Approach

    Jaebin Ahn, Era Dabla-Norris, Romain Duval, Binjie Hu and Lamim Njie (IMF)
    > Presentation

Knowledge Complementarity, Trade Composition and Long-Run Growth

Audio

 

13:00 — 14:00

LUNCH BREAK

 

14:00 — 16:30

Session 3: Trading Firms, uncertainties and policies

Moderator:

    Robert Koopman, WTO

Exporter Behavior, Country Size and Stage of Development: Evidence from the Exporter Dynamics Database

    Martha Denisse Pierola (WB), Ana M. Fernandes and Caroline Freund
    > Presentation

Product Standards and Margins of Trade: Firm Level Evidence

    Lionel Fontagné, Gianluca Orefice,

    Roberta Piermartini (WTO) and Nadia Rocha
    > Presentation

Synthetic Control Methods and Customs Reforms: An Application to Serbia’s in-house Clearance Program

    Russel Hillberry (WB), Ana M Fernandes, Claudia Berg  
    > Presentation

Audio

 

16:30 — 18:00

Panel Discussion :

Tthe multilateral trade system at 20: the value of the system; how to make it work better.  

Moderator:

    Marc Auboin, Counsellor, WTO

Panelists:

    Robert B. Koopman, WTO Chief Economist;

    Anabel Gonzalez, Senior Director, Global Trade and Competitiveness Practice, WBG;

    Martin Kaufman, Unit Chief,  Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF;

    Thomas Cottier, Professor of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern  

Audio

 

 

Workshop organizers: Marc Auboin (WTO), Ana M Fernandes (WB), Christian Henn (IMF)