The impact of international trade and protectionism on the European economy will be examined at EconPol Europe’s annual conference on the 19 and 20 November, with a keynote speech by Jean-Luc Demarty, Director General for Trade at the European Commission. The challenges of EU trade policy making will be the focus of day one of the conference, discussed by a policy panel including Maria Åsenius (Head of Cabinet to Commissioner Malmström), Arancha González (Executive Director, International Trade Centre) [TBC], Sébastien Jean (Director of CEPII), Bernd Lange (Chair of European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade), Andrea Montanino (Chief Economist, Confindustria) and Eckart von Unger (Senior Manager, BDI).
