About this Event
CITP Regional Policy Forum - Northern Ireland
Join us for the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) Regional Policy Forum.
This is an in-person event which will be held at the QUB School of Law (Moot Court Room) and will bring together academic and policy experts to discuss the latest UK, European and international trade policy developments, with a particular focus on how they relate to Northern Ireland.
The Forum will provide an opportunity to explore and discuss Northern Ireland’s position in the context of EU–UK relations, the impact of growing volatility in the international trading system and the implications of these developments for Northern Ireland’s economy and trade policy.
Agenda
Conference Programme
Info: Arrival at venue (Moot Court Room) – 9:00 am – tea and coffee
Welcome Remarks – 9:20 am
Panel I – 9:30 am – 11:00 am – “The EU-UK Reset: The Trade Dimension” – Chair –Emily Lydgate (University of Sussex/CITP)
i. David Henig (European Centre for International Political Economy) – EU Trade Policy Developments and the UK Reset
ii. Fiona Smith (UK Trade Policy Observatory) - EU-UK Reset and SPS: Institutional Implications
iii. Niall Robb (Utility Regulator NI) - Electricity Markets Post-Brexit
Coffee break – 11:00 am
Panel II – 11:20 am – 12:50 – Northern Ireland in a Volatile Global Economy – Chair: Billy Melo Araujo (Queen’s University Belfast - CITP)
iv. Sylvia de Mars and Colin Murray (Newcastle University) - The Moving Puzzle: Trump, Trade Tariffs and the Windsor Framework
v. Iulia Siedschlag (Economic and Social Research Institute) - Economic Effects of the US Trade Policy on Northern Ireland’s Trade
vi. Anna Jerzewska (Trade & Borders) – ‘EU Customs Reform and Norther
Event venue & nearby stays
Queen's University Belfast - School of Law, Main Site Tower, Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom
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