SOAS – The Future of International Trade and Global Governance

Otaviano Canuto (World Bank) Otaviano Canuto, Executive Director at the World Bank, is discussing the future of international trade and global governance. ECON+ have the honour of hosting Otaviano Canuto, Executive Director at the World Bank on the 31st July at the SOAS. He will be travelling over from Washington DC to share his insights on global trade and international economic governance. As the world shows increasing signs of division, global trade is under scrutiny and the geopolitical landscape in flux. ECON+ will explore this important theme with a renowned expert, following on from our recent podcasts. We aim to ask questions on how to share the gains from trade with workers and whether we are doomed to go through an age of weaponized economics and trade wars Speaker(s): Otaviano Canuto (Executive Director of the World Bank), Victoria Collins (ECON+) and Luisa Porritt (ECON+). Event Date: 31 July 2017 Released by: SOAS Economics Podcast