This interesting FSN debate on Covid-related interruptions along the food value chain shows the need for more research: Are the measures taken pro-trade or trade restrictive, and why? How can national policy responses include cooperation and efforts to regulate the overseas production of MNEs.
This Webinar at the World Trade Institute (WTI) on “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Trade in Agricultural and Food Products” will examine issues and challenges raised by recent experience:
26 June 2020 (Friday), 16:30 European Standard Time
Chair: Peter Van den Bossche, Director of Studies WTI
Panelists:
Joseph Glauber (Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., and former Chief Economist of USDA)
Christian Häberli (WTI Fellow, University of Bern)
Lee-Ann Jackson (Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, OECD)
Alan Matthews (Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy, Trinity College Dublin)
The format is part roundtable, part general discussion. Participation requires registration. To register, please email [email protected]
(Virtual) space is limited!
Dr. Christian Häberli