Next Steps in the Trade Facilitation Agenda
The CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development cordially invites you to:
Next Steps in the Trade Facilitation Agenda
Presentation on the Global Express Association (GEA) Customs Capability Gap Analysis:
Carlos Grau Tanner [via video conference]
Director General, GEA
Response Panel Featuring:
Virginia Brown
Director, Office of Trade and Regulatory Reform, U.S. Agency of International Development
William Gain
Global Program Manager for Trade Logistics, World Bank
Christine Turner
Director, Global Supply Chain Security, National Security Council
Moderated by:
Daniel F. Runde
Director, Project on Prosperity and Development and William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, CSIS
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Conference Room C115
1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
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Trade facilitation, or the improvement of trade and regulatory mechanisms to reduce barriers to global business, is an important opportunity for limited international development dollars and could lead to a global GDP increase of $1 trillion dollars. In December of 2013, the World Trade Organization collectively passed the 'Bali Package' trade agreement, which contains an important provision on trade facilitation. The WTO General Council will adopt the agreement by July 31, but important questions about the implementation remain.
Join us for a conversation with expert stakeholders on ways the United States government, multilateral institutions, and the private sector can partner to advance global trade facilitation implementation efforts. Carlos Grau Tanner, Director General of the Global Express Association will present findings from GEA's Customs Capability policy gap analysis, focusing on measurements to track trade facilitation compliance and reform across the developing world. Expert stakeholders will then respond by laying out the challenges and opportunities moving forward.