Study Group on Globalization discusses Doha trade round

Wednesday 24. September 17:30 - 19:30
Location: DGAP, Berlin

 

On 24 September 2008, the »Study Group on Globalization« convened for the third time this year under the title »The end of the Doha round: What future for the multilateral trade order?« Karl-Friedrich Falkenberg, Deputy Director-General for trade policy at the European Commission, Dr. Heinz Hetmeier, Head of the Trade Division at the Federal Economics Ministry, and Oliver Wieck, Head of the Foreign Economic Policy, Trade and Development Policy Division at the Federation of German Industries (BDI), introduced the topic. They discussed the failure of the WTO trade minister conference in July in Geneva and the future of the world trade system.

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Gunter Krichbaum, MP and Chairman of the Bundestag's Committee on the European Union, chaired the session, acting in place of the Group's chair Eckart von Klaeden, MP and foreign affairs speaker of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.

Study Group sessions are confidential and participation is by invitation only. DGAP expert Katharina Gnath is the responsible researcher of the Study Group on Globalization.