CEPR-RIETI Joint Workshop

Changes in the Function of World Trade Governance

Information

  • Venue: Sciences Po, Paris (Place Saint Thomas d’Aquin, Room/Salle K.011)
  • Date: April 13, 2023

Program

Session 1 (9:00 – 10:30)

9:00 – 9:15 Opening remarks

9:15 – 9:45 Presentation: "Impact of Trade Sanctions against Russia: Analysis using international input-output tables"

Presenter

Koji Ito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

9:45 – 10:00 Commenter presentation

Giuseppe Berlingieri (ESSEC Business School)

10:00 – 10:30 Q&A and General Discussion

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee

Session 2 (11:00 – 12:15)

11:00 – 11:30 Presentation: "Cost pass-through and the rise of inflation"

Presenter

Isabelle Mejean (Sciences Po and CEPR)

11:30 – 11:45 Commenter presentation

Akihiko Tamura (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

11:45 – 12:15 General Discussion

12:15 – 13:45 Lunch break

Session 3 (13:45 – 15:00)

13:45 – 14:15 Presentation: "War and sanctions: Effects on the Russian economy"

Presenter

Heli Simola (Bank of Finland)

14:15 – 14:30 Commenter presentation

Satoshi Inomata (IDE, JETRO/ OECD)

14:30 – 15:00 General Discussion

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee

Session 4 (15:30 – 17:00)

15:30 – 16:45 Panel Discussion: Weaponized interdependence and the rules-based multilateral system

Panelists

Richard Baldwin (The Graduate Institute, Geneva and CEPR)

Beatrice Weder di Mauro (President, CEPR and Graduate Institute, Geneva)

Shujiro Urata (Chairman, RIETI)

Akihiko Tamura (RIETI)

Concluding Remarks (16:45 – 17:00)

Beatrice Weder di Mauro (President, CEPR and Graduate Institute, Geneva)

Shujiro Urata (Chairman, RIETI)