Description
At
the turn of China’s sixth year anniversary of its WTO membership,
the objectives of the meeting are threefold:
First,
to review the evolution of the global trade landscape, current
trends in organization of production and south-south trade in
the past two decades and examine China’s growth and trade performance
vis-ŕ-vis challenges and opportunities posed by sustainable development.
Secondly,
during this meeting, perceptions about such impacts from outside
of China will meet those of top policy researchers and practitioners
from within China, which will contribute to better informed strategic
thinking and policymaking in both China and its trade partners.
Thirdly,
by publicly involving most relevant audiences in Geneva, home
to the World Trade Organization - backbone of the multilateral
trading system-, this high level dialogue will help think of China’s
supportive role in crafting global trading governance for a common
sustainable development future.
This
one and a half day meeting will bring together high level policymakers,
researchers and opinion leaders as well as trade negotiators from
China, its Asian neighbours, Africa, Latin America, United States
and Europe among others.
It
will begin with an introductory session in the format of conversation
on the big picture of emerging economies and global trade landscape
changes. In the second session, speakers and discussants will
provide a review of trends and facts of south-south trade, give
evidence based analysis of China’s trade relations with Asia,
Africa and Latin America, and identify some key policy challenges
for policy makers in China, other developing countries, industrial
countries and international institutions.
The
third session will seek better understanding of Chinese thinking,
reflecting six years of experience with respect to the internal
and external impacts of China’s trade on sustainable development,
and anticipating policies after Beijing’s 17th Party Congress.
After
the big picture, perceptions from both outside and inside, the
dialogue will conclude with a panel discussion on the role of
China in the global governance of trade.
If you would like to participate, you can contact Cecile de Gardelle,
ICTSD Dialogues Coordinator. You can reach her by email at cdegardelle@ictsd.ch,
or by telephone in Geneva, direct phone: +41 22 917 87 55. Fax:
+41 22 917 80 93. Participation is limited by space.
