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Seminar - The Use of the EU’s Free Trade Agreements


19 November 2018
02:00 - 03:30 hrs. WTO Building, Room E, 13:00 - 14:30
Geneva
, Switzerland

​A recent report from the National Board of Trade Sweden and UNCTAD shows that there is a significant potential to increase the use of the EU’s free trade agreements in trade in goods.

The seminar will focus on the findings of the report “The Use of the EU’s Free Trade Agreements” by the National Board of Trade Sweden and UNCTAD.

The seminar will address the following questions:

  • To what extent do EU and partner country exporters and importers use the EU’s free trade agreements?
  • What is the role of rules of origin in the use of the EU’s free trade agreements?
  • What can be done to increase the use of the EU’s free trade agreements?

Speakers:

  • Jonas Kasteng, Senior Adviser, National Board of Trade Sweden
  • Pramila Crivelli, Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD

Introductory remarks: Claudia Weiss, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the EU to the WTO

Concluding remarks: Robert Koopman, Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO

Registration is necessary for those who do not have WTO accreditation. Should you wish to register, please contact karin.burghauser@gov.se.

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Mr. Jonas Kasteng, Senior Advisor from the National Board of Trade Sweden, and Ms. Pramila Crivelli, Economic Affairs Officer at UNCTAD present the findings of a recent joint study on "The Use of the EU's Free Trade Agreements".

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Co-organizer(s):
Kommerskollegium National Board of Trade Sweden

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Mr. Stefano Inama