The Center for China & Globalization (CCG) in Beijing had invited prominent speakers to debate the situation of global trade at the age of Trump in a private setting on 28 October 2018 at the institute. CCG is now the most prominent independent think-tank in China. Moderated by Huiyao Wang, President of the Center for China & Globalization in Beijing (CCG) and Counselor for the Chinese State Council, Hon. Rufus H. Yerxa, President of the National Foreign Trade Council, Former Deputy USTR and Deputy Director General of the WTO, was introducing the confidential and very intensive discussion of the meeting.
From the left: Rufus H. Yerxa, Huiyao Wang, Fan Cui (Professor of the University of International Business and Economics, UIBE), & Zimmermann.
The meeting.
Discussant Zimmermann & Dene Yeaman, Economic Counsellor, Australian Embassy Beijing.
The core discussion group (from the left):
- Wallace (Shuaihua) CHEN, Director of International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
- TU Xinquan, Professor and President of China Institute for WTO Studies, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
- Dene YEAMAN, Economic Counsellor, Australian Embassy Beijing
- SUN Jie, Former President of Asset Management Association of China, Former Director of Department of Asset Management at China Security Regulatory Commission, CCG Senior Fellow
- Ricardo MELÉNDEZ-ORTIZ, CEO of International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
- WANG Huiyao, President of CCG, Counsellor for the Chinese State Council
- Hon. Rufus H. YERXA, President of National Foreign Trade Council, Former Deputy USTR and Deputy Director General of the WTO
- Klaus F. ZIMMERMANN, President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
- TU Xinquan, Professor and President of China Institute for WTO Studies, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
- CUI Fan, Professor of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
- Ben MILLER, Head of Multilateral Trade Policy, Economic Section, British Embassy Beijing
- Lu Mabel MIAO, Co-founder, Vice President of CCG & Secretary General of CCG
Huiyao (Henry) Wang and Klaus F. Zimmermann have collaborated over the years in other contexts and share a joint vision about the importance of open relationships in a globalized world. Henry Wang and Zimmermann agreed to intensify collaborations between CCG and GLO in the near future.
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