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Sep 2016
I&J Discusses Digital Trade and Jurisdiction at WTO Public Forum
I&J contributed
September 27, 2016
The Impact of Jurisdictions on Innovation and Startups
The World Bank Group and the McKinsey Global Institute invited I&J’s Paul Fehlinger to speak about Internet Governance and the impact of jurisdictional tensions on the Internet on the future of global digital trade at the 2016 Public Forum of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
The session is titled “Digital Trade For Development – Governance Issues and the Enabling Environment,” and will address maximizing the opportunities of the Internet for international trade, with a specific focus on SMEs. I&J's contribution to the WTO Public Forum follows a similar engagement in May 2016, when Mr. Fehlinger was invited to discuss the effects of Internet jurisdiction on global digital trade at the Digital Trade Conference organized by the World Bank and the Institute for International Economic Policy in Washington, DC, USA.
Speakers
Anabel González
Senior Director, Global Practice on Trade and CompetitivenessWorld Bank Group
Daniel Crosby
PartnerKing and Spalding
Paul Fehlinger
ManagerInternet & Jurisdiction
Michael Ferrantino
Lead EconomistWorld Bank Group
Susan Lund
PartnerMcKinsey & Company
Hanne Melin
Director of Global Public PolicyeBay
Alfredo Suescum
AmbassadorPermanent Representative of the Republic of Panama to the WT
World Trade Organization Public Forum
The 2016 WTO Forum will examine in particular how the WTO can foster the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the global market, how the trading system can support innovation, and how women can participate more fully in international trade. The WTO will also release the 2016 World Trade Report, which will focus on trade policy issues and the multilateral trading system as they relate to SMEs.
The Impact of Jurisdictions on Innovation and Startups
The World Bank Group and the McKinsey Global Institute invited I&J’s Paul Fehlinger to speak about Internet Governance and the impact of jurisdictional tensions on the Internet on the future of global digital trade at the 2016 Public Forum of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
The session is titled “Digital Trade For Development – Governance Issues and the Enabling Environment,” and will address maximizing the opportunities of the Internet for international trade, with a specific focus on SMEs. I&J's contribution to the WTO Public Forum follows a similar engagement in May 2016, when Mr. Fehlinger was invited to discuss the effects of Internet jurisdiction on global digital trade at the Digital Trade Conference organized by the World Bank and the Institute for International Economic Policy in Washington, DC, USA.
Speakers
Anabel González
Senior Director, Global Practice on Trade and CompetitivenessWorld Bank Group
Daniel Crosby
PartnerKing and Spalding
Paul Fehlinger
ManagerInternet & Jurisdiction
Michael Ferrantino
Lead EconomistWorld Bank Group
Susan Lund
PartnerMcKinsey & Company
Hanne Melin
Director of Global Public PolicyeBay
Alfredo Suescum
AmbassadorPermanent Representative of the Republic of Panama to the WT
World Trade Organization Public Forum
The 2016 WTO Forum will examine in particular how the WTO can foster the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the global market, how the trading system can support innovation, and how women can participate more fully in international trade. The WTO will also release the 2016 World Trade Report, which will focus on trade policy issues and the multilateral trading system as they relate to SMEs.
