Seminar

Harnessing globalisation- at what cost?

Mar
07
2018
7 mars 2018, 11:30-13:00

In the midst of geopolitical turmoil and a backlash against globalisation as such, global trade is stalling and European growth is slow. Many have forgotten that Europe as a whole has gained enormously from being open to trade with the rest of the world. On a societal level, we are all winners of globalisation. Increased real wages, lower consumer prices, improved working conditions, increased employment and specialization through global value chains are just a few of the important gains brought by global economic integration.

Join us for a lively discussion on the role globalisation has played in European prosperity and what we stand to lose if we fail to make the case for open economies and trad
e.
Keynote speaker: Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malm
ström
Luisa
Santos, Director International Relations, BusinessEurope
Therese Go
uvelin, Vice President Swedish Trade Union Confederation
Fredrik
Erixon, Director European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
Host and moderator: Fredrick Federley, MEP (ALDE)
When: March 7, 12:30- 14:00 (a walking lunch is served from 12.00)
Where: European Parliament, PHS 5B001 Join us on Twitter, using #SPNBrussels and #Yes2Globalisation Please register at the latest by 27th February.
W
armly welcome!
Fredrick Federley, Chairman of SPN, Brussels
S
ophia Bengtsson, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Brussels Office

Mar
07
2018
7 mars 2018, 11:30-13:00
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