Economist Impact event on Trade in Transition: Enhancing trade frameworks

17 March 2022

10:10 - 10:35 hrs.

Online and Expo 2020 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Opening keynote interview: Advancing global trade in the “new normal”

The Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Rebeca Grynspan, will be interviewed live by Henry Curr, The Economist's chief leader writer on economics and the global economy before an audience of 1,500 corporate leaders, trade experts and policymakers and discuss advancing global trade in the "new normal", the pathway towards "smart" trade, deliberate on the new developments and discuss solutions.

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Rebeca Grynspan

Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary-general, UNCTAD

Henry Curr

Henry Curr
Economics editor, The Economist

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Economist Impact event on Trade in Transition: Enhancing trade frameworks

Opening keynote interview: Advancing global trade in the “new normal”