AIG Global Trade Series Event
Afore Consulting is proud to partner with the AIG Global Trade Series in a discussion on the EU’s future trade policy with Denis Redonnet, Deputy Director General of DG Trade and Chief EU Trade Enforcement Officer, and Members of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee.
Reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU’s trade agenda has highlighted its need to pursue an “Open Strategic Autonomy”, coupled with trade defence mechanisms, by strengthening its independence, whilst remaining a major actor of multilateralism and remaining attractive to foreign investors. This event is taking place at a timely juncture, with uncertainties remaining around the conclusion by year-end of the EU-China Investment Agreement, and close to the formal Brexit date. It will also take place on the eve of the US Presidential election, with its many uncertainties surrounding the future EU-US relationship.
The AIG Global Trade Series is a collaboration between AIG and international organizations with leading expertise on global trade, including the Institute of International Economic Law, Chatham House, the Clingendael Institute, the International Chamber of Commerce, the National University of Singapore, the Jacques Delors Institute and the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Throughout 2020, AIG is producing a series of podcasts analysing the complex interplay of factors shaping the global trade system; recent editions include “The slow death of multilateralism”, “Europe’s evolving trade agenda” and “Prospects for a UK-US trade deal”.
The discussion will focus on the main findings of the Global Trade Series podcast and brings views from the European Commission, the European Parliament and international trade experts on the EU’s trade policy, the future of multilateralism, reform of the WTO and the impacts of the mounting trade tensions.
This event is by invitation only.
Date
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Organiser
Nickolas Reinhardt
Phone
+32475330039Director
Other Organizers
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Constantine Arvanitis
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Email
Constantine.Arvanitis@aforeconsulting.eu -
Consultant
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Jean Plattard
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Phone
+32471859333 -
Email
Jean.Plattard@aforeconsulting.eu -
Senior Consultant
Speakers
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Barry Andrews
MEP, INTA Committee Member
Barry AndrewsMEP, INTA Committee Member -
Christophe HansenMember of the European ParliamentChristophe Hansen (EPP, Luxembourg), has been an MEP since 2018. He is a member of the Committee on International Trade and the Subcommittee on Tax Matters. He is a substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
He was involved in the EU-Japan economic partnership.
He has been a councilor of the Winseler commune since 2011. -
Denis RedonnetDeputy Director General & EU Chief Trade Enforcement Officer, DG TradeDenis Redonnet is an economist by training, and started his career as a corporate banker for a French bank in the city of London.
Since 1995 he has been a career European Commission official, having held positions in the monetary, international economic affairs and internal market directorate generals of the EU Executive.
He served as advisor to EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and a Deputy chief of staff to EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson.
Afterwards he headed the WTO division and then the Strategy division in the Directorate General for Trade in the European Commission.
For the last years he acted as Director for “WTO, Legal Affairs and Trade in Goods” in the Directorate General for Trade in the European Commission.
In July 2020 he was appointed Deputy Director General and Chief Trade Enforcement Officer in the Directorate General for Trade in the European Commission. -
Jörgen Warborn
MEP, INTA Committee Member
Jörgen WarbornMEP, INTA Committee Member -
Liesje Schreinemacher
MEP, INTA Committee Member
Liesje SchreinemacherMEP, INTA Committee Member -
Rem Korteweg
Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute
Rem KortewegSenior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute -
Thomas Lillelund
CEO AIG EMEA
Thomas LillelundCEO AIG EMEA