T-20 Task Force 1 – Trade, Investment, and Growth

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T-20 Task Force 1 – Trade, Investment, and Growth

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12:00 pm September 2020

5:00 pm September 2020

Webinar : Starting at 2pm (Riyadh time)

The Policy Center for the New South, in partnership with the Think 20 (T20), will host a webinar under the theme “Task Force 1 – Trade, Investment, and Growth”, scheduled to take place on September 17^th 2020 at 2pm (Riyadh time). This virtual panel marks the start of the task force webinar Summit Season for T20 Saudi Arabia.

The world trading system is facing various challenges such as rising protectionism, unequal opportunities to engage in global value chains, and legal systems that are ill-equipped for digital trade and international trade in services.

Featuring task force members, leading think tank academicians as well policy makers, the webinar will aim to foster a common understanding on global issues and provide policy recommendations to G20 officials from a research perspective. They will mainly be addressing policies to strengthen the World Trade Organization as a negotiating forum and both restore and reinforce the WTO dispute settlement procedure. The task force will also focus on goods and services trade policies and socially just and environmental-friendly investment policies that mutually benefit developed and developing countries and mitigate the negative effects of globalization in order to achieve sustainable, balanced and inclusive development.

Finally, the task force will explore how to establish well-balanced global rules that promote the free flow of data while also ensuring that personal information is protected in the era of digital trade.

The Policy Center for the New South will be represented by its President Dr. Karim El Aynaoui who will be delivering the opening Keynote speech

Should you be interested, please access the webinar using the following links: https://kapsarc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WhvpFxScRc6C8jRl2uq5eA

2:00PM-2:10PM	Welcome Remarks Said Alshaikh Task Force 1 Lead Co-Chair
2:10PM-2:25PM	Opening Keynote Speech Karim El Aynaoui President, The Policy Center for the New South
2:25PM-2:30PM	General Introduction About Challenges Facing Trade and Investment Systems Sait Akman Director of G20 Studies Center, TEPAV
2:30PM-3:30PM	Panel Discussion: Issues on Trade Moderator: Peter Draper, Executive Director, Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide Fabrizio Botti, Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali Tu Xinquan, Professor and Dean, China Institute for WTO Studies Agustin Redonda, Council on Economic Policies Crina Mihaela Baltag, Senior Lecturer, Stockholm University Naoise McDonagh, Lecturer in Political Economy, Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide
3:30PM-4:30PM	Panel Discussion: Diversification and Digital and Technological Investments Moderator: Said Alshaikh, Lead Co-Chair, Task Force on Trade, Investment and Growth Carlos Braga, Professor of Economics, Fundacao Dom Cabral Matthew Stephenson, Policy and Community Lead, International Trade and Investment, World Economic Forum Jane Drake Brockman, Industry Professor, University of Adelaide David Havrlant, Research Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center
4:30PM-4:40PM	Closing Statement: An Italian Perspective Lucia Tajoli Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
4:40PM-5:00PM	Task Force Art Presentation A presentation of Saudi artwork that incorporates and reflects task force themes by Zaman Jassim

Speakers

Karim El Aynaoui

Executive President

Karim El Aynaoui is Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South. He is also Executive Vice-President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Dean of its Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences Cluster. Karim El Aynaoui is an economist. From 2005 to 2012, he worked at the Central Bank of Morocco where he held the position of Director of Economics, Statistics, and International Relations. At the Central Bank of Morocco, he was in charge of the Research Department and equally a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. Previously, he worked for eight years at the World Bank as an Economist for its regional units of the Middle East and North Africa and Africa. Karim El Aynaoui has published books and journal articles on macroeconomic issues in developing countries. Hi ...