In collaboration with the Korea Development Institute, this program will build on Salzburg Global's longstanding program focused on global economic challenges and governance. Following the Bali WTO Summit on the Doha Round and the anticipated completion of the TransPacific Partnership, the program will provide a neutral setting to advance five strategic goals:
The program will include government and business leaders involved in large-scale trade deals, including those seeking to secure WTO-level progress; WTO directors at G20 Ministries of Commerce/Trade (with priority placed on the inclusion of middle sized economies concerned about a level global playing field); leading academics and researchers; the International Chamber of Commerce; as well as globally influential journalists. Commissioned papers will be circulated to participants ahead of the meeting to provide a springboard for debate.
To address these questions and propose concrete actions, we will convene 40 top-level policy makers and practitioners across the trade spectrum for an intensive three-day program, held under the Chatham House Rule, in the retreat atmosphere of Schloss Leopoldskron, Austria. Participants will be leaders and emerging change makers from government, multilateral, research, business and investment institutions at the vanguard of global trade policies and applications, including representatives from the WTO, G20, RTAs and the International Chamber of Commerce and from countries keen to secure WTO-level progress, as well as civil society and the media.
This session will provide proposals and tools to: