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AIG Global Trade Series

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AIG Global Trade Series

GTS Podcasts 2024

Back to the Future:

A New Era of Managed Trade? 

Globalisation’s next chapter is being written, driven by concerns about supply chain risks. The global trade in goods is increasingly seen through a security prism in capitals around the world and governments are developing new policies to reduce unwanted dependencies, seek new sources of leverage and guarantee supplies. Trade links are being reordered as policymakers scramble to secure access to strategic materials and positions in global value chains. Meanwhile, geopolitical turbulence and climate ambitions are giving rise to industrial policies, sanctions and a growing use of subsidies.

From investment screening to quotas to export controls, policymakers are proposing an increasing number of tools and policies to steer trade and investment flows. But despite worries about protectionism and fragmentation, trade continues as the private sector manages risk by embracing diversification. Elections in the US, EU, Mexico, UK, Indonesia, India and elsewhere may also lead to a reordering of the global politics of trade. Has the global trade system entered an era of managed trade? What will it mean for regional approaches to trade, and what does it mean for multilateralism and the WTO? Ultimately, the main question could be: who is in the driving seat in this brave new world for trade?

Critical Minerals and Trade in South East Asia - Regional Dynamics in a Global Context

With Professor Ian Satchwell (Adjunct Professor, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland) and Dr Alloysius Joko Purwanto (Energy Economist, ERIA), in conversation with Dr Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute).

What the Shift to Digital Services Means for the World - Changing patterns in global trade

With Richard Baldwin (Professor of International Economics, IMD Business School), Jennifer Hillman (Professor of Practice, Georgetown University Law Center; Co-Director, Center for Inclusive Trade and Development (CITD)), Emily Jones (Director of the Global Economic Governance programme, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford) and Jane Drake-Brockman (Executive Director, Australian Services Institute), in conversation with Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute).

Towards a Reset in EU-UK Relations? - The outlook for trade

With Georgina Wright (Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for International Studies, Institut Montaigne), Dr Nicolai von Ondarza (Head of Research Division, EU/Europe, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP) and David Henig (Director, UK Trade Policy Project, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)), in conversation with Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute).

The Indispensable Partner? - India and the geopolitics of global trade

With Manjari Chatterjee Miller (Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations) and Neha Mishra (Assistant Professor, International law, Geneva Graduate Institute), in conversation with Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute).

Car Wars (Part 2) – Electric Vehicles, China and the EU

With Elvire Fabry (Senior Research Fellow, Jacque Delors Institute) and Miguel Otero Iglesias (Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute), in conversation with Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute).

Car Wars (Part 1) – The US, China and Electric Vehicles

With Scott Kennedy (Senior Advisor and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, CSIS (Center for Strategic & International Studies)) and Wendy Cutler (Vice President and Managing Director, Washington, D.C. Office, ASPI (Asia Society Policy Institute)), in conversation with Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute).

Mexico and Brazil - Trading Up?

With Victor do Prado (Senior Fellow, Brazilian Center for International Relations – CEBRI), Shannon O'Neil (Vice President of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations), in conversation with Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute).

Trade and the Ballot Box - US and UK elections 2024

With Creon Butler (Director, Global Economy and Finance Programme, Chatham House) and Jennifer Hillman (Professor, IIEL at Georgetown Law; Co-Director of The Center on Inclusive Trade and Development, Georgetown Law), in conversation with Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute).

Securing access to critical metals – is US and EU collaboration possible?

With Kathleen Claussen (Professor of Law, Georgetown Law) and Simon Evenett (Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, St. Gallen University; Founder of the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade), in conversation with Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute).

Partners

The Global Trade Series is a collaboration between AIG and the following international organisations with leading expertise on global trade:

the Aspen Institute GermanyCEBRI - the Brazilian Center for International Relations; Chatham House (UK); CITD - the Center on Inclusive Trade and Development at Georgetown University Law Center (US); the Clingendael Institute (The Netherlands); Elcano Royal Institute (Spain); ERIA – the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (Indonesia); ISPI - the Italian Institute for International Political Studies; the Jacques Delors Institute (France); RIETI - the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan); and the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity through Trade (Switzerland).