Sixth IMF-WB-WTO Trade Conference

November 29, 2017
IMF HQ1-3-430 (Meeting Halls A&B) , Washington, D.C.

November 29, 2017

The IMF, jointly with the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, organizes the Sixth IMF/WB/WTO trade conference. The event brings together trade experts from the three institutions to present cutting-edge research work and exchange views on current trade issues. 

The workshop will be held at the IMF headquarters on November 29, 2017.

To register for the workshop, please e-mail (name and affiliation) to Rachelle Blasco at RBlasco@imf.org. Registered attendees will be required to present photo identification on entering the IMF at 700 19th Street, N.W., Washington D.C.

Agenda

Wednesday, November 29, 2017
8:30 - 9:00 am

Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 am

Introductory Remarks by Tamim Bayoumi (IMF)
9:15 - 10:45 am

Session 1 – Trade and Firm Behavior

Chair: Cosimo Beverelli, WTO

  • Innovation and Corporate Cash Holding in the Era of Globalization (JaeBin Ahn, IMF) Paper
  • Exporters' Suppliers: Shining Bright in the Superstars' Light (Stela Rubínová, WTO) Paper
  • Institutions, Services Reforms and Manufacturing Productivity: The Case of Italian Firms (Cosimo Beverelli, WTO) Paper
10:45 - 11:00 am

Coffee break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Session 2: Trade and Inclusive Growth

Chair: Hui Tong, IMF

  • Knowledge Diffusion, Trade and Innovation across Countries and Sectors (Nan Li, IMF) Paper
  • Obstacles on the Road to Palestinian Economic Growth (Bob Rijkers, WB) Paper
  • Economic integration, industrial structure, and catch-up growth: Firm-level evidence from Poland (Paulo Bastos, WB) Paper
12:30 - 1:30 pm

Lunch Conversation on World Trade System

Chair: Anabel Gonzalez, WB

Speaker: Pravin Krishna (Johns Hopkins University) and Arvind Panagariya (Columbia University)
1:30 - 3:00 pm

Session 3: Global Value Chains

Chair: Ana Margarida Fernandes, WB

  • How Do Global Value Chains Affect Real Effective Exchange Rates and Trade Openness? (Tamim Bayoumi, IMF) Paper
  • Global Value Chains Participation: Determinants and Effects (Faezeh Raei, IMF) Paper
  • Value Added and Productivity Linkages Across Countries (Francois De Soyres, WB) Paper
3:00 - 4:25 pm

Session 4: Impact of Trade with China

Chair: Markus Rodlauer, IMF

  • The China Shock Revisited: Insights from Value Added Trade Flows (Victor Kummritz, WTO) Paper
  • From China with Love (Daria Taglioni, WB)
  • Trade Effects of The New Silk Road (Nadia Rocha, WB) 
4:30 - 6:00 pm

Panel Discussion on Asymmetric Liberalization and Global Imbalance

Chair: Tobias Adrian, IMF Financial Counsellor
6:30 pm

DINNER

TBD (by invitation only)