Buscando una mayor alineación entre el comercio y la sostenibilidad: una perspectiva latinoamericana

El seminario "Buscando una mayor alineación entre el comercio y la sostenibilidad: una perspectiva latinoamericana" tendrá lugar los días 20 y 21 de marzo en la Sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago de Chile. Este evento es coorganizado por la Oficina de la CEPAL en Washington, DC, su División de Comercio Internacional e Integración, el proyecto “Remaking Global Trade for a Sustainable Future” y el Centro de Tecnología e Industrialización para el Desarrollo de la Universidad de Oxford (TIDE). Su objetivo es reflexionar, desde la perspectiva de América Latina y el Caribe, sobre cómo lograr una mayor articulación entre el comercio internacional, la sostenibilidad ambiental y la transición verde.

El evento contará con la participación de viceministros de comercio de la región, así como de académicos, representantes de la sociedad civil, ejecutivos empresariales y expertos provenientes de diversos países. La conferencia incluye paneles sobre comercio y geopolítica, sostenibilidad, economía digital, biodiversidad y cadenas de valor, entre otros. Los participantes analizarán los desafíos y oportunidades derivados de los cambios en las dinámicas del comercio global, abordando temas como el aumento del proteccionismo, el desacoplamiento tecnológico y los crecientes requisitos de sostenibilidad en el comercio internacional. También explorarán estrategias para aprovechar la cooperación e integración regional, diversificar las alianzas comerciales y posicionar a América Latina como líder global en la transición verde. 

Agenda

Thursday 20 March 2025

9:00am – 9:05am Welcome

• José Manuel Salazar – Executive Secretary ECLAC

9:05am – 10:00am Session 1: Setting the Scene

• LAC Regional Perspective (Jose Manuel Salazar – Executive Secretary ECLAC)
• Villars Framework for a Sustainable Global Trade System (Dan Esty, Yale University - Remaking Trade Project)
• TIDE Oxford University (Baptiste Albertone) 

Moderator: Keiji Inoue, Officer-in-charge, International Trade and Integration Division, ECLAC

10:00am – 11:15am Session 2: Trade, Growth, and Sustainability in Latin America's Geopolitical Landscape

• Claudia Sanhueza - Under Secretary for International Economic Relations of Chile
• Tatiana Prazeres - Secretary of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services of Brazil 
• Francisco Rivadeneira - Executive Director of Comité Empresarial Ecuatoriano (CEE) and Former Minister of Trade of Ecuador

Moderator: Andres Valenciano, Chief of Office, ECLAC Washington Office

11:15am – 11:45am:  Coffee Break 

11:45am – 1:00pm Session 3: Aligning Trade Rules and Climate Action

• Mariana Conte Grand – Senior Economist, World Bank 
• Monica Araya - Distinguished Fellow, ClimateWorks
• Avinash Persaud – Climate Advisor to the IADB President

Moderator: Jan Yves Remy, University West Indies and Co-Lead of the Remaking Global Trade for a Sustainable Future Project

1:00pm Keynote address:  Experience Negotiating the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS) - Francisco Monge - Chief Economist from Ministry of Foreign Trade Costa Rica 

1:30pm – 2:30pm Lunch

2:30pm – 3:45pm Session 4: Achieving Sustainable Development through Digital Technology and Commerce

• Nanno Mulder - Chief of International Trade Unit, ITID, ECLAC 
• Aik Hoe Lim - Director of the Trade and Environment Division, WTO
• Gustavo Gimenez - Vice Minister of SMES, Ministry of Industry and Trade Paraguay

Moderator: Baptiste Albertone, TIDE Oxford

3:45pm – 4:15pm:  Coffee Break 

4:15pm – 5:30pm Session 5: Assessing the Impacts of Subsidies on the Sustainable Trade Agenda

• Jane Korinek - Senior Trade Policy Analyst, OECD 
• Ginya Truitt Nakata - Director, Global Agriculture and Food, The Nature Conservancy 
• Patricia Marcos - Senior Climate Change Specialist, GEF 
• Angela Penagos - Chief of Bogota National Office, ECLAC 

Moderator: Daniel C. Esty, Yale University and Co-Lead of the Remaking Global Trade for a Sustainable Future Project

5:30pm – 7:00pm Reception

Friday 21 March 2025

9:00am – 10:15am Session 6: Multilateralism for Development, Productivity and Value Chains

• Short presentation of the results of study on multilateral coordination of industrial policy in Latin America, Amir Lebdioui & Baptiste Albertone (University of Oxford) 
• Reactions and suggestions by the group of Ministers/Vice-Ministers of Trade and Industry and other stakeholders from Latin America (30min):
  • Javiera Petersen - Vice-Minister of Economy, Chile
  • Fantino Polanco - Vice Minister of Industrial Development at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and SMEs of the Dominican Republic
  • Gustavo Gimenez - Vice Minister of SMEs - Ministry of Industry and Trade Paraguay
  • Manuel Albaladejo - Representative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay (View from international institutions)
  • Sabrina Fernandes - Alameda Institute (View from CSO)
• Open floor discussion

Moderator: Luis Godoy Rueda, Open Society Foundations (OSF)

10:15am – 10:45am:  Coffee Break 

10:45am – 12:00pm Session 7: Trade and Biodiversity - Regional Cooperation for Research and Innovation

• Deuza Santos – National Institute for Amazonian Research, Brazil
• Amir Lebdioui - TIDE Centre, Oxford
• Ginya Truitt Nakata- Director, Global Agriculture and Food, The Nature Conservancy 

Moderator: Sabrina Fernandes, Head of Research, Alameda Institute

12:15pm – 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm – 2:15pm (Round table: Participants to each share three main ideas/principles/follow up action to take away from this meeting)

2:15pm – 3:00pm Session 8: Toward an Action Agenda for Trade and Sustainability Alignment

• Jose Manuel Salazar, Executive Secretary, ECLAC
• Jan Yves Remy, Remaking Trade Project
• Amir Lebdioui, Director, TIDE Centre, University of Oxford.