Banque de France

International Trade and Industrial Policy in a Changing World

Published on the 30th of January 2025

The Banque de France (BdF) is organizing a conference entitled “International Trade and Industrial Policy in a Changing World” on May 26, 2025. The conference will take place at the headquarters of the Banque de France in Paris.

Conference Program

Morning Session: Trade Integration, Conflict, and Supply Chain Resilience

08:30 – 08:50	Welcome breakfast and registration
08:50 – 09:00	Opening Remarks
09:00 – 09:45	Deep Integration and Trade: UK Firms in the Wake of Brexit Presenter: Marco Garofalo (Bank of England)
09:45 – 10:30	Interstate Conflict and Trade: The Montesquieu Model Presenter: Gernot Müller (University of Tübingen, CEPR, CESifo)
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:30	Cooperative trade policy and disputes under the GATT-WTO Presenter: Pauline Wibaux (CEPII)
11:30 – 12:15	Industrial Policy, Supply Chains and Directed Technological Change: Evidence from Rare Earths Presenter: Jan Schymik (University of Mannheim)
12:15 – 13:45	Lunch Break
13:45 – 14:30	Afternoon Session: Trade Wars, Policy Shocks, and Macroeconomic Adjustments The US-China Trade War and the Relocation of Global Value Chains to Mexico Presenter: Hâle Utar (Grinnell College, IZA, CESifo)
14:30 – 15:15	Trading Places: How Trade Policy Is Reshaping Multinational Firms’ Location Presenter: Alejandro Graziano (University of Nottingham)
15:15 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15	Trade Partners’ Responses to US Tariffs Presenter: Lorenzo Rotunno (IMF)
16:15 – 17:00	Exchange Rates in the Age of Protectionism Presenter: Maylin Sun (IMF)
17:00 – 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 – 18:15	Keynote Speech Meredith Crowley (University of Cambridge)
18:15 – 18:30	Closing Remarks & End of Conference

Organizers/Scientific Committee
Nuno Coimbra (Banque de France)
Margarita Lopez-Forero (Banque de France)
Gabriel Smagghue (Banque de France)

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