This year, the Cordell Hull Institute, with support from the World Bank and in partnership with six developing-country institutes, has held meetings in Seoul, Brasilia and Johanesburg to discuss the restoration of multilateral cooperation and further trade liberaization.   This August 5 program at Steptoe & Johnson will be the next event in this series, and the Global Business Dialogue is pleased to be associated with it.

 AFRICA, THE WTO
and the
Future of Multilateral Trade Negotiations

Tuesday, August 5, 2014
9:30 a.m.  to 12 noon
(Registration from 9 a.m.)
Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
Lower Level Conference Center
1330 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036

However the imbroglio over  Bali Agreement on Trade Facilitation turns out,   the concerns about this issue expresed earlier by members of the African Union served to underline some of Africa's frustration with the long stall of the Doha Round and the shift to other negotiating arenas by the world's largest economies.

In this August 5 program, three speakers will tackle three separate aspects of the challenges African countries face in today's trading environment:

Richard Cunningham
Steptoe & Johnson on
The New World of Trade Negotiations -- The View from Africa

Millard Arnold
Bowman Gilfillan Inc., law offices, Johannesburg, on
African Responses to the WTO Stalemate and Mega-Regionals

Stephen Lande
Manchester Trade, on
African Developments in the Doha Round Years, with

Hugh Corbet
Cordell Hull Institute
Moderator

Registration is required, but there is no charge for this event.  To register, simply click the link below and follow the prompts.