AIG Global Trade Series Event
Afore Consulting is proud to partner with the AIG Global Trade Series in a discussion on the future of the EU trade policy with Sabine Weyand, Director General of DG Trade, Bernd Lange, Chair of the International Trade Committee in the European Parliament, Ambassadors and further Members of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee.
The nature of international trade agreements is evolving. One aspect of this is the inclusion of new sectors, such as digital trade and data transfers in trade agreements. Another is the increasing reference to common standards and norms in trade, such as environmental standards, common technology standards, but also the subscription to common labour and social norms. What implications do these developments have for trade negotiations? Will they open up trade or prompt defensive trade measures? What do they mean for regional rather than global trade partnerships, and what might these look like in the future?
This invitation-only event brings together a select group of trade experts from Europe, the US and Asia to discuss these and other trade themes. The debate is timed to precede the COP26 meeting on climate change and the Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12).
The AIG Global Trade Series is a collaboration between AIG and international organizations with leading expertise on global trade, including Georgetown Institute of International Economic Law, Chatham House, the Clingendael Institute, the International Chamber of Commerce, the Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Throughout 2021, AIG is producing a series of podcasts analysing the complex interplay of factors shaping the global trade system; recent editions include “Climate and Trade: on the road to COP26”, “After the pandemic: trade, health and protectionism”, “Where next for the WTO and global trade rules” and “Open strategic autonomy”.
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, among others, the EU’s trade policy, the consequences of open strategic autonomy for inter-bloc trade dynamics, transatlantic regulatory cooperation, as well as the EU-China trade relationship and its future perspective.
Date
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Organiser
Nickolas Reinhardt
Phone
+32475330039Director
Other Organizers
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Constantine Arvanitis
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Email
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Consultant
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Johannes Muhowicz
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Junior Consultant
Speakers
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Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou
MEP, Vice Chair INTA Committee
Anna-Michelle AsimakopoulouMEP, Vice Chair INTA Committee -
Barry Andrews
MEP, INTA Committee Member
Barry AndrewsMEP, INTA Committee Member -
Bernd Lange
Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the INTA Committee
Bernd LangeMember of the European Parliament, Chair of the INTA Committee -
Geert Bourgeois
MEP, INTA Committee Member
Geert BourgeoisMEP, INTA Committee Member -
Jörgen Warborn
MEP, INTA Committee Member
Jörgen WarbornMEP, INTA Committee Member -
Liesje Schreinemacher
MEP, INTA Committee Member
Liesje SchreinemacherMEP, INTA Committee Member -
Marie-Pierre Vedrenne
MEP, INTA Committee Member
Marie-Pierre VedrenneMEP, INTA Committee Member -
Nickolas ReinhardtCo-founder and Director, Afore Consulting
Nickolas co-founded Afore Consulting in 2007. His career of over 25 years has been in European public affairs consulting, focused on working with the financial services sector. He has come to be regarded as one of the most influential financial services consultants in Brussels having built up extensive networks through working on key financial services files and the revisions to them. He trained and worked as a merchant banker in Hamburg.
Nickolas has an MA in History and Politics from the Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel and has also studied and lectured at the University of Limerick and Queens University, Belfast. He speaks German, English and French.
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Rem Korteweg
Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute
Rem KortewegSenior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute -
Sabine Weyand
Director-General, DG TRADE, European Commission
Sabine WeyandDirector-General, DG TRADE, European Commission -
Thomas Lillelund
CEO AIG EMEA
Thomas LillelundCEO AIG EMEA