Peterson Institute Events: Audio

The Peterson Institute cosponsors with the European Central Bank and the World Bank a panel discussion on the policy implications of deepening global value chains on April 17, 2013. Participants included Bernard Hoekman, World Bank; Richard Baldwin, Graduate Institute, Geneva; Ralph Carter, FedEx; Filippo di Mauro, European Central Bank; and Lucian Cernat, European Commission. Marcus Noland, PIIE, chaired the panel.

Participants in the final panel of the conference "National Competitiveness, Scalability of International Value Chains and Location of Production" engage in discussion and take audience questions. The panel was held April 17, 2013, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

PIIE Senior Fellow Angel Ubide discusses the development of Spain's competitiveness and potential economic recovery at a presentation of the paper "Spain, a Land of Opportunities" by the Consejo Empresarial para la Competitividad (Spain's Business Competitiveness Council). The event took place at the Peterson Institute on April 12, 2013.

PIIE Senior Fellow Angel Ubide participates in a panel discussion and question and answer session following a presentation of the paper "Spain, a Land of Opportunities" by the Consejo Empresarial para la Competitividad (Spain's Business Competitiveness Council). The event took place at the Peterson Institute on April 12, 2013.

The Peterson Institute held the conference "Currency Wars: Economic Realities, Institutional Responses, and the G-20 Agenda" on April 2, 2013. A collaboration between PIIE and American University's Washington College of Law and Brazilian International Trade Scholars, Inc., conference participants presented legal, economic, emerging market, and G-7 perspectives on currency relations and retaliations between trading economies. The final panel focused on the global implications of currency wars in the context of the G-20. Participants included Benoit Coeure, European Central Bank; John Murray, Bank of Canada; Luiz Pereira da Silva, Central Bank of Brazil; and Robert Zoellick, PIIE.

The Peterson Institute held the conference "Currency Wars: Economic Realities, Institutional Responses, and the G-20 Agenda" on April 2, 2013. A collaboration between PIIE and American University's Washington College of Law and Brazilian International Trade Scholars, Inc., conference participants presented legal, economic, emerging market, and G-7 perspectives on currency relations and retaliations between trading economies. The second panel addressed the institutional roles of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and their standing to deal with currency disputes. Discussants included legal experts Michael Gadbaw, Georgetown University; Hector Torres, IMF; and Gary Clyde Hufbauer, PIIE.

The Peterson Institute held the conference "Currency Wars: Economic Realities, Institutional Responses, and the G-20 Agenda" on April 2, 2013. A collaboration between PIIE and American University's Washington College of Law and Brazilian International Trade Scholars, Inc., conference participants presented legal, economic, emerging market, and G-7 perspectives on currency relations and retaliations between trading economies. The first panel focused on new research on the significant economic impact of currency intervention and misalignment. Presenters included Joseph E. Gagnon, PIIE; and Vera Thorstensen, Getulio Vargas Foundation, followed by discussants Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth University; Alberto Musalem, Tudor Investments; and Luis Catao, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

David J. Stockton, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, and Barbara Kotschwar present the outlook for the United States, Europe, and Latin America, respectively, at the Peterson Institute's latest semiannual Global Economic Prospects event held April 1, 2013.

David J. Stockton, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, and Barbara Kotschwar take audience questions following their presentations of the outlook for the United States, Europe, and Latin America, respectively, at the Peterson Institute's latest semiannual Global Economic Prospects event held April 1, 2013.

The IMF's First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton presents a new IMF study entitled "Energy Subsidy Reforms--Lesson and Implications," released at the Peterson Institute on March 27, 2013.

A panel discussion with the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton participates in a panel discussion following his presentation of a new IMF study entitled "Energy Subsidy Reforms--Lesson and Implications," released at the Peterson Institute on March 27, 2013.

Coauthor Robert Z. Lawrence discusses the findings of Rising Tide: Is Growth in Emerging Economies Good for the United States? at a book release meeting at the Peterson Institute held March 19, 2013. The study addresses the fears that economic growth in emerging markets has or could reduce US living standards, lower US wages, and increase wage inequality. Research with coauthor Lawrence Edwards finds that these concerns are vastly overblown, and are arguably more than offset by the benefits to the United States of such trade, even with respect to inequality.

Coauthors Robert Z. Lawrence and Lawrence Edwards take audience questions at the release of their book Rising Tide: Is Growth in Emerging Economies Good for the United States? at the Peterson Institute on March 19, 2013.

Ed Fast, Canada's Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, discusses the successful two-way economic relationship the between Canada and the United States at the Peterson Institute on March 14, 2013.

Ed Fast, Canada's Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, takes audience questions following his speech on the economic relationship the between Canada and the United States at the Peterson Institute on March 14, 2013.