Trade Winds

Trade Winds is a biweekly virtual event series hosted by Anabel González that explores the future of global commerce in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, including ways that international cooperation on trade can accelerate the recovery.

Recent Content

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In light of COVID-19, should supply chains be reconfigured?

Anabel González (PIIE), Simon Evenett (University of St. Gallen) and Mary E. Lovely (PIIE)

October 21, 2020
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Agriculture trade and COVID-19: trade barriers, food security and WTO reform

Anabel González (PIIE), Joe Glauber (International Food Policy Research Institute) and Sherman Robinson (PIIE)

October 7, 2020
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Can digital trade agreements spur the next round of growth?

Anabel González (PIIE), Chan Chun Sing (Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore) and Caroline Atkinson (Former Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics to President Barack Obama)

September 16, 2020
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How can the global trading system support growth and jobs to recover from the pandemic?

Anabel González (PIIE), John Denton (International Chamber of Commerce), Carla A. Hills (Hills & Company)

September 2, 2020
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How can Latin America help improve global trade and investment to recover from the pandemic?

Anabel González (PIIE), Carlos Felipe Jaramillo (Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank) and Barbara Kotschwar (Visa; Georgetown University)

August 19, 2020
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African perspectives on the WTO and prospects for regional trade cooperation

Anabel González (PIIE), Vera Songwe (UN Economic Commission for Africa) and Robert Z. Lawrence (PIIE)

August 5, 2020
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China in the WTO: Current issues and prospects for reform

Anabel González (PIIE), Zhang Xiangchen (China's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO) and Chad P. Bown (PIIE)

July 15, 2020
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What role for the United Kingdom in the global trading system?

Anabel González (PIIE), Elizabeth Truss (Member of Parliament, Secretary of State for International Trade, and President for the Board of Trade for the United Kingdom) and Adam S. Posen (PIIE)

July 8, 2020
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What future for the global trading system?

Anabel González (PIIE), Pascal Lamy (Former Director-General, World Trade Organization) and Robert B. Zoellick (Former President of the World Bank and Former United States Trade Representative)

June 17, 2020
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The WTO in the Post-COVID-19 World

Anabel González (PIIE), Arancha González-Laya (Minister of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation of Spain) and Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE)

June 3, 2020