Theme: Sustainable Supply Chains in Times of Multiple Crises This year’s edition of the Forum brings together key stakeholders from policy and representatives from the private sector, academia and civil society to discuss sustainability in light of the energy crisis, changes in the global...

Topics: - The EU and Geonomics; - New Generation FTAs; - Transatlantic Trade and Labour Rights; - The economics of TBT and SPS.

Theme: Globalization at the Crossroads: Risk, Resilience and Recalibration in Global Trade and Value Chains. Key questions to be discussed at the FGI 2020 are as follows: - How can we understand value chain risk as a result of external shocks and emerging mega-trend and do we need to rethink...

International Trade: Gravity and Geography - Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics) The aim of the course is to take students to the frontier of theoretical research in geography and trade. The focus is on the firm-level approach originated from “new trade theory”, in particular on...

The Euro-Latin Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT) is now accepting submissions of papers examining the organization and operation of customs and other border agencies as well as specific trade facilitation initiatives and their impact along the economic and institutional dimensions. Both...

Firms in International Trade - Kalina Manova (Stanford University) Day 1: Heterogeneous-Firm Trade Models Day 2: Empirics of Firm Heterogeneity in Trade Day 3: Product Quality in Trade Day 4: International Trade with Financial Frictions Day 5: Multinational Activity with Financial Frictions

International Trade: Gravity Rules - Thierry Mayer (Sciences Po, Paris, CEPII and CEPR) Syllabus: Day 1 : Introduction Lecture 1: Gravity is nontrivial and true. Lecture 2: First foundations for gravity equations Day 2 : 21st Century Gravity Lecture 3: Ricardian models, theory-consistent...

Labor Market Consequences of Globalization - Gordon Hanson (University of California at San Diego) Overview: The course will examine recent empirical and theoretical literature on the labor market consequences of international trade and foreign investment in advanced and emerging economies.

Trade and the International Organization of Production - Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Princeton University) 1. Trade, Firm Structure, Offshoring and Outsourcing 1.1. Firm Organization and Trade 1.2. Multinationals 1.3. Vertical Specialization 1.4. Task Trade, Offshoring and Outsorcing