Protectionism in the Pandemic

Governments around the world are imposing trade controls that may cut off access to life-saving equipment. Join the Government Procurement Law Program for discussion on protectionism in the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar will cover the barriers to imports and exports that threaten to deepen the pandemic.  

The panelists will discuss:

• Understanding barriers to trade in COVID-19 critical supplies
• A new US government order banning exports of essential medical supplies
• How humanitarian supplies can be shipped despite US export sanctions
• US threats to withdraw from the WTO Government Procurement Agreement
• Emerging approaches to assessing trade barriers’ economic impacts.

Presented with the kind cooperation of the National Foreign Trade Council.

Participants

Moderators

• Laurence Folliot Lalliot, University of Paris Nanterre (joining from Dakar)
• Vanessa Sciarra, National Foreign Trade Council
• Christopher R. Yukins, Lynn David Research Professor in Government Procurement Law; Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program, GW Law

Panelists

• Robert Anderson, Hon. Professor, University of Nottingham; World Trade Organization (retired) 
• Simon Evenett, University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
• Jean Heilman Grier, Djaghe Consulting (Washington, DC)
• Zornitsa Kutlina-Dimitrova, European Union
• Tom McSorley, Arnold & Porter (Washington, DC)