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
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