Das Trade and Investment Research Network läd zu seinem Launch ein:

“On the occasion of the launch of the G20 Trade and Investment Research Network, we cordially invite you to join our online discussion on:

Supply shortage in medical devices in the Corona-crisis – Is the solution stockpiling and less international trade?

Friday, September 4, 2020, 16:00-17:00 Central European Time (CET).

To participate in the event and receive the password for the Zoom meeting please register here. Please note that the link to join the Zoom meeting will be send a day prior to the webinar.

The G20 Trade and Investment Research Network (TIRN) is a cross-country, independent, network of trade and investment policy researchers whose shared goal is to provide substantive, research-backed analysis to support G20 leaders’ deliberations. Learn more about TIRN publications and events here: https://g20-tirn.org/.

The ongoing Corona-crisis has brought the vulnerability of societies relying on highly efficient global value chains (GVC) and single suppliers for specific goods to the fore. During the crisis, most countries suffered a shortage of simple as well as technologically complex medical devices (e.g. face masks and ventilators respectively). A fierce competition for these devices has emerged, leading to trade restrictions and aggravating already existing trade tensions, but also to a discussion about the organization of supply-chains and the need for national emergency stockpiling of medical devices.

The webinar aims at discussing the challenges emerging from these experiences for domestic and international health care systems as well as their solutions. The discussion of the developments in this important sector may lead to important conclusions for the future of the world trading system. The online discussion features a group of eminent experts from politics and academia and will be conducted in an interactive manner allowing for questions by participants.”

Introduction:  Axel Berger, GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (DIE), TIRN

Moderator:  Andreas Freytag, FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITY JENA, TIRN

The panel:

• Dr Anabel Gonzales, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Trade, Washington D.C.
• Jörg Wojahn, Head of the European Commission’s Representation in Germany, Berlin
• Alan Wolff, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization, Geneva

We look forward to welcoming you to the online discussion!

With kind regards on behalf of the TIRN Steering Committee,

• Claudia Schmucker, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
• Sait Akman, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey.
• Axel Berger, German Deveopment Institue / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
• Peter Draper, Institute of International Trade, The University of Adelaide (IIT)
• Andreas Freytag, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, and University of Stellenbosch