TTIP Reloaded - Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini

2014 Italian Presidency
of the Council
of the European Union
TTIP Reloaded
Additional Insights & New Perspectives
International Conference
under the 2014 Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
29 October, Rome
Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and Bertelsmann Stiftung
Agenda
Morning Coffee & Registration
09.00 – 09.30
Welcome 09.30 – 10.00
Giuseppe Ciccarone, President of Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini; Dean of the Faculty of
Economics, Sapienza University of Rome
Wolfgang Schüssel, Former Austrian Chancellor, Member of the Board of Trustees, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Key note and introductory remarks
Matteo Renzi, Prime Minister of the Italian Government (t.b.c.)
10.00 – 10.15
Session 1: TTIP-Where do we stand
10.15 – 11.15
A new Commission, a new Start for a Transatlantic Trade Partnership
What are key lessons learned from almost two years of negotiations on a transatlantic deal? What
is a realistic outlook on future negotiations and potential outcomes?
Moderator:
Henning vom Stein, Head of Brussels Office, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Panelists:
Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Director at the Directorate General for Trade of the European
Commission
Elena Bryan, Senior Trade Representative, U.S. Mission to the European Union
Monique Goyens, Director General, European Consumers’ Organisation BEUC
Sandro Gozi, Deputy Secretary for European affairs, in Charge of the Official Agenda of
the Italian Semester, Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Marietje Schaake, Member of the Committee on International Trade of the European
Parliament
Coffee Break
11.15 – 11.30
Session 2: Understanding the global perspective
11.30 – 13.00
The Cost of Non-TTIP in a Dynamic World
How effective is TTIP as a defensive strategy to shelter Europe against potentially negative effects
from other mega-regionals?
Third Country Effects
By excluding most other countries, TTIP is likely to result in costs for non-participating nations.
However, the size of these costs is still debated.
Multilateral perspective
Is TTIP killing the WTO?
Kickoff presentations
Gabriel Felbermayr, Director of the Ifo Center for International Economics
Joseph F. Francois, Director of the World Trade Institute at the University of Bern
Moderator:
Andreas Esche, Director of Shaping Sustainable Economies Program, Bertelsmann
Stiftung
Panelists:
Elmar Brok, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament
Gabriel Felbermayr, Director of the Ifo Center for International Economics
Joseph Francois, Director of the World Trade Institute at the University of Bern
Robert Koopman, Director of Operations and Chief Operating Officer at United States
International Trade Commission (USITC), Designated Director of Economics at the WTO
Lunch Break
13.00 – 14.00
AFTERNOON 14.00–16.30
Session 3: The impact on economic sectors, job creation and labour standards
TTIP and Value Chains:
How will TTIP change the structure of value chains?
Job Creation and Job Destruction:
Following the TTIP agreement, there will be inevitably winners and losers. Which economic sectors
will experience a positive impact and which will not?
TTIP and Labour Standards:
The US has different labour standards than the EU, as well as EU member states have between
them. Will TTIP lead to a race to the bottom?
Key note and introductory remarks
TizianoTreu, Professor of Labor Law at the Cattolica University of Milan
Anna Maria Simonazzi, President of the Scientific Board of the Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini; Professor of Economics at Sapienza University of Rome
Kick Off Presentations
Luigi Bidoia, StudiaBo
Michele Faioli, Professor of Labour Law at the Tor Vergata University of Rome
Giuseppe Ciccarone, President, Giacomo Brodolini Foundation; Dean of the Faculty of
Economics, Sapienza University of Rome
Moderator
Tiziano Treu, Professor of Labor Law at the Cattolica University of Milan
Panelists
Celeste Drake, Trade and Globalisation Policy Specialist, AFL-CIO (American Federation
of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations)
Giancarlo Durante, Senior Executive Director, Head of Social Affairs, ABI (Italian Association of Banks)
David Foden, Head of the Unit Working Conditions and Industrial Relations, Eurofound
Jacek Krawczyk, President of the Employers’ Group at European Economic and Social
Committee (EESC)
Pierella Paci, Lead Economist of The World Bank
Dirk Vantyghem, Director of International Affairs, Eurochambres
Concluding remarks
16.30–17.00
Carlo Calenda, Deputy Secretary of Economic Development of the Italian Government