Thursday, November 6

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (9:00 – 9:15 am)

Session 1: Services Trade (9:15 – 10:30 am)

·         How foreign banks facilitate trade: Know thy neighbor as thyself

Stijn Claessens (IMF), Omar Hassib (Maastricht University) and Neeltje van Horen (Bank of Holland)

·         Modeling services trade, trade costs and output

James E. Anderson (Boston College), Ingo Borchert (University of Sussex), Aaditya Mattoo (WB) and Yoto V. Yotov (Drexel University)

COFFEE BREAK (10:30 – 11:00 am)

Session 2: Exporting Firms (11:00 – 12.45 pm)

·         Export quality in advanced and developing economies: Evidence from a new dataset 

Christian Henn (WTO), Chris Papageorgiou (IMF) and Nikola Spatafora (WB)

·         The life cycle of exporting firms

Paulo Bastos (WB) and Daniel Dias (University of Illinois)

·         Evidence on productivity, comparative advantage, and networks in the export performance of firms

Luca A. Ricci (IMF) and Federico Trionfetti (Aix-Marseille University)

LUNCH (12:45 – 2:00 pm)

Session 3: Trade, Growth and Business Cycles (2:00 – 3:15 pm)

·         Global trade slowdown: Cyclical or structural?

Cristina Constantinescu (IMF), Aaditya Mattoo (WB) and Michele Ruta (IMF)

·         Trade integration and business cycle synchronization: Trade in value-added is what matters

Romain Duval (IMF), Richa Saraf (University of Albany) and Dulani Seneviratne (IMF)

Session 4: Global Supply Chains (3:15 – 4:30 pm)

·         Knowledge spillovers through international supply chains

Roberta Piermartini (WTO) and Stela Rubínová (Graduate Institute, Geneva)

·         Global supply chains and trade policy

Emily Blanchard (Dartmouth College), Chad Bown (WB) and Rob Johnson (Dartmouth College)

COFFEE BREAK (4:30 – 5:00 pm)

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future of Trade (5:00 – 6:00 pm)

Panelists:

·         David Lipton (IMF)

·         Anabel Gonzalez (WB)

·         Robert Koopman (WTO)

DINNER (7:00 – 9:00 pm) – TBD (by invitation only)

Friday, November 7

Session 5: Trade Finance (9:00 – 10:15 am)

·         The impact of Basel III on trade finance: The potential unintended consequences of the leverage ratio

Marc Auboin (WTO) and Isabella Blengini (University of Lausanne)

·         Understanding trade finance: Theory and evidence from transaction-level data

JaeBin Ahn (IMF)

COFFEE BREAK (10:15 – 10:45 am)

Session 6: Trade and Policy I (10:45 – 12:00 pm)

·         Trade policy uncertainty as a barrier to trade

Alberto Osnago (WB), Nadia Rocha (WTO) and Roberta Piermartini (WTO)

·         Customs reform and trade growth: Evidence from Albania

Ana M. Fernandes (WB), Russell Hillberry (WB) and Alejandra Mendoza (WB)

Session 7: Trade and Policy II (12:00 – 1:15 pm)

·         All in the family: State capture in Tunisia

Caroline Freund (Peterson Institute), Antonio Nucifora (WB) and Bob Rijkers (WB)

·         Trade policy substitution: Theory and evidence from specific trade concerns

Cosimo Beverelli (WTO), Mauro Boffa (University of Geneva) and Alexander Keck (WTO)