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AIG Global Trade Series 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?

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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