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Add to Calendar 20/02/2019 09:00 22/02/2019 17:00 Africa/Casablanca Atlantic Strategy Group on Global Trade Rabat, Morocco The Wider Atlantic Economy: An Integrated Space at Risk?  The Atlantic Strategy Group (ASG) aims to strengthen the ability of countries around the Atlantic basin, north and south, to assess shared challenges and to achieve common objectives.  Rabat, Morocco OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false DD/MM/YYYY
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 09:00 to Friday, February 22, 2019 - 17:00

Atlantic Strategy Group on Global Trade

Rabat, Morocco

The Wider Atlantic Economy: An Integrated Space at Risk? 
The Atlantic Strategy Group (ASG) aims to strengthen the ability of countries around the Atlantic basin, north and south, to assess shared challenges and to achieve common objectives. 

This fifth edition of the ASG will focus on global trade in the Atlantic region at a time when globalization and trade regimes are under growing pressure. Global value chains are threatened by a temptation of the world economies to close and the fierce coming competition between the United States and China.  As a highly integrated economic space, societies around the Atlantic basin have a great deal at stake.

Agenda 

 

 Wednesday, February 20 

 19:00–21:00

 Welcome reception

 Thursday, February 21

   09:00

 Participants gather in the hotel lobby for short walk to the Policy Center for the New South;

   9:30

  Introductory remarks:

  • Ian Lesser, Vice President, German Marshall Fund of the United States
  • Karim El Aynaoui, Managing Director, Policy Center for the New South
  • Rita Faden, President, Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD)

 10:00–11:00

 Session 1 | Mapping a Connected Atlantic

 Moderator: Peter Chase, Resident Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States

 What are key trade and investment patterns today? What are key transport and communication routes? How has connectivity changed over time and what does it mean for the Atlantic economy?

 11:00-11:30

 Cofee break

 Atlantic 2025 | Alternative Futures Moderators:

Ian Lesser, Vice President, German Marshall Fund of the United States

Laura Basagni, Program Coordinator, German Marshall Fund of the United States

 11:30–12:30

 Session 2 | What Will Stay the Same, What Will Shake the System?

 What are the main trends and drivers that will shape political and economic cooperation in the wider Atlantic region?

 14:00–17:00

 Session 3 | Painting the Future: A Scenario Exercise

 Alternative scenarios for the Atlantic in 2025 will be presented and discussed. How likely are these scenarios? How durable are their consequences? What can be said about winners and losers? What is missing?

  Friday, February 22 

 Atlantic 2025 | Alternative Futures (continued)

 10:00–12:00

 Session 4 | Preparing for the Future: Shaping and Edging

 Moderator: Rajan Menon, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

 Reflecting on our alternative futures, how should Atlantic stakeholders shape their own planning and policies? What steps can be taken today to encourage “positive” outcomes and hedge against uncertainties?

 

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