Understanding the new dynamics of agri food trade

30 May 2024 Understanding the new dynamics of agri food trade 

Geopolitical tensions, as well as conflicts at the regional, national, and local levels, climate change and sustainability challenges, and the troubling rise in the number of malnourished people worldwide form part of the complex web of factors shaping agrifood dynamics, and in turn, trade policies and negotiations.

IFPRI Board Chair Pascal Lamy, a foremost expert in international trade matters, who served as the European Union’s Trade Commissioner and as the World Trade Organization’s Director General focused on evolving implications for developing countries and set forth potential approaches to aligning trade policies with the imperatives of sustainability, climate change adaptation and mitigation, food security, and poverty reduction.

• Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR
• Marcus Noland, Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
• Keynote Speaker Pascal Lamy, Vice President of the Paris Peace Forum; Coordinator of the Jacques Delors Institutes (Paris, Berlin, Brussels); Former DG of WTO (2005-2013)
• International Trade Expert Panel Mari Elka Pangestu, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
• Mary Lovely, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
• Anabel González, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
• Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Sherman Robinson, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRI; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
• Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI