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Session 5: Derisking the Global Financial and Trade System

October 11, 2023
Related topics: 
Economy

Chair: Abdelaaziz Ait Ali, Head of Economic Research, Policy Center for the New South

Opening: Sara Burke, Senior Policy Analyst, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, New York

Speakers:

Paola Subacchi, Professor of International Economics and Chair, Advisory Board, Global Policy Institute, Queen Mary University

Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Ralph Ossa, Chief Economist, World Trade Organization

Shahin Vallée, Senior Fellow, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP)

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