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WTO – ILO Workshop on global trade and employment




	The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) hosted a workshop of leading international researchers on global trade and employment at the WTO in Geneva on the 31 August – 1 September 2009. The aims of the workshop were: Identify and report on the latest research being carried out on global trade and employment Discuss policy options for governments on trade and employment Develop a list of priority issues for research on trade and employment

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Programme

Day one - 31 August 2009

9.30	Opening Remarks (Chair: Patrick Low) Pascal Lamy, Director-General WTO Juan Somavia, Director-General ILO
10.00	Introduction to workshop set-up and objectives (Chair: Patrick Low) Marion Jansen
10.15-11.30	Theme 1: Offshoring and Labour Demand (Chair: Marc Bacchetta) Lead discussants: Holger Görg (Presentation) Rosario Crino (Presentation) Herbert Brücker (Presentation)
11.45-12.00	Welcoming words Victor K. Fung, Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce and ICC Research Foundation
12.00-13.15	Theme 2: Trade, Firms and Employment (firm level data, new new trade theory) (Chair: Marion Jansen) Lead discussants: Steve Redding, Peter Schott (Presentation)
14.30-15.45	Theme 3: Trade and Inequality (Chair: Steve Redding) Lead discussants: Nina Pavcnik (Presentation) Vanessa Strauss-Kahn (Presentation) Guanghua Wan (Presentation) Sangheon Lee (Presentation)
16.15-17.30	Theme 4: Trade, Informality and Other Aspects of Job Quality (Chair: Nina Pavcnik) Lead discussants: Marco Fugazza (Presentation) Anushree Sinha (Presentation) (Additional Information) Sugata Marjit (Presentation) Sam Olofin (Presentation)
Day two - 1 September 2009
9.00-10.15	Theme 5: Labour Market Adjustment to Trade Reform (Chair: Richard Newfarmer) Lead discussants: Marc Muendler (Presentation) Guido Porto (Presentation) Steven Matusz (Presentation)


10.30-11.45	Theme 6: Trade, FDI and Skills/skill Upgrading (Chair: Marc Muendler) Lead discussants Francis Kramarz (Presentation) Paula Bustos (Presentation) Abiodun Folawewo (Presentation)
10.30-11.45
11.45-13.00	Theme 7: Trade and Labour Market Regulation/institutions (Chair: Marcelo Olarreaga) Lead discussants: Rana Hasan (Presentation) Sandrine Cazes
14.30-15.45	Theme 8: Trade, FDI and Bargaining Power of Workers (Chair: Marco Fugazza) Lead discussants: Lucio Baccaro (Presentation) Devashish Mitra (Presentation)
15.45-16.15	Workshop report by rapporteurs (Marc Bacchetta, Marion Jansen) (Chair: Duncan Campbell) (Presentation)
16.15-17.15	Closing discussion: Priority Themes for Future Research
17.15-17.45	Concluding remarks José Manuel Salazar, Executive Director, Employment Sector, ILO Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director General, WTO

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