Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/06/2024
09:30 - 14:00
Location
Press Club Brussels Europe
Categories
The global trade and economic environment is becoming increasingly fragmented due to deglobalisation, growing protectionism and onshoring and friendshoring. These trends have only been hastened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In this context, issues such as a growing focus on economic security, the rebirth of industrial policy or the growing salience of digital trade, climate change and green growth are becoming more central to the global economy and trade. These changes have heightened the need for trade and economic security cooperation among the European Union, Korea and the United States. Pre-existing paradigms do not hold anymore.
To this end, the KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) are organising an event on 11 June 2024 in Brussels for a discussion with former senior officials and experts on the policies necessary to address the changing trade and economic security environment.
PROGRAMME
09:00 – 09:30: REGISTRATION
09:30 – 09:45: OPENING REMARKS
- Ramon Pacheco Pardo, KF-VUB Korea Chair, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy – VUB
- Siwook Lee, President, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
- Scott Snyder, President and CEO, Korea Economic Institute (KEI)
09:45 – 10:00: OPENING ADDRESSES
- Joanna Szychowska, Director of Asia (1), DG Trade, European Commission
- Jiyoon Lee, Minister-Counsellor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Kingdom of Belgium and the EU
10:00 – 10:15: KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- Karel de Gucht, President, Brussels School of Governance, VUB, and former European Trade Commissioner
10:15 – 11:30: PANEL 1 – THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF TRILATERAL COOPERATION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Michael Beeman, Visiting Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, Mayer Brown, and Assistant US Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC, Office of the US Trade Representative (2017-23)
- Seokyoung Choi, Senior Advisor, Lee & Ko, and Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva (2012-15)
- Roland Honekamp, Deputy Head, Division of Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific (ASIAPAC.5), European External Action Service
- Moderator: Ramon Pacheco Pardo, KF-VUB Korea Chair, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy – VUB
11:30 – 11:45: COFFEE BREAK
11:45 – 13:00: PANEL 2 –TRILATERAL COOPERATION IN THE QUEST FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY
- Antonio Calcara, Professor, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy – VUB
- Sunghun Cho, Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
- Troy Stangarone, Senior Director and Fellow, Korea Economic Institute (KEI)
- Moderator: Michael Reiterer, Distinguished Professor, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy – VUB
13:00 – 14:00: STANDING LUNCH
14:00: END