Is Containment of Protectionism Working? Is it Enough? | Madariaga

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Is Containment of Protectionism Working? Is it Enough?

13:00/14:30 - Friday, 17 February 2010

The G20’s commitment of November 2008 to contain protectionism looks effective. Is it? Moreover, it secures a new role for the WTO, whose legitimacy is dented by the Doha Round stalemate.

Will the multilateral trading system resist the twin pressure of a slower growth in the markets of advanced economies and of the multiplication of bilateral or regional free-trade areas, more or less WTO-compatible? What more should the EU do?

With David O'Sullivan, Director General at DG Trade, European Commission, and Simon J. Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development and Director of the Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.

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