In this podcast, moderator Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute is joined by Katrin Kuhlmann, Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown Law; President and Founder, New Markets Lab and Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat. Listen as they discuss the outlook for regional trade integration in Africa, and what impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on African economies.

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What Impact Will COVID 19 Have On Africa?

In this podcast, moderated by Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute, Christian Bluth of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Emmanuelle Butaud-Stubbs and Chris Southworth from the International Chamber of Commerce discuss the impact of protectionism on the global trade landscape.

Does Covid 19 Make A Surge Inevitable?

The AIG Global Trade Series 2020 examines the ongoing challenges, opportunities and transformations that are reshaping the world’s multilateral trading system. Digital trade and technologies are redefining how and where products are made, shipped and consumed. Digitisation in trade and services was transformative to economies before COVID-19; however, the pandemic has rapidly accelerated this disruption. In this podcast moderator Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute is joined by Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director at the Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center; and Alan Beattie, Associate Fellow, Global Economy and Finance Programme and Europe Programme, Chatham House; and Senior Trade Writer, Financial Times. Listen as they discuss the technological changes and regulations reshaping the landscape of global trade. In the digital realm, where does value get created and redistributed? With countries considering measures to tax the digital economy, is the digital arena becoming yet another stage on which geopolitical tensions will play out? Or, is there the potential for an alliance of like-minded democracies to come together on issues relating to the digital economy?

Digital Trade: One Of The Winners?

Navigating the deglobalized “new normal” post COVID-19. In this podcast, moderator Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute is joined by James Crabtree, Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House; Associate Professor in Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; and Alicia García-Herrero, Senior Fellow, Bruegel. Listen as they discuss the political forces driving deglobalization, including technological innovation as well as geopolitics, and what a less connected “new normal” might look like. The AIG Global Trade Series 2020 is a series of podcasts analysing the complex interplay of factors shaping the global trade system. The series is brought to you by AIG in partnership with the Clingendael Institute and some of the world’s leading centers of expertise on global trade.

How will globalization change?

Where next for transatlantic trade? In this podcast, moderator Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute is joined by Marie Kasperek, Director, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law; Non Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Marianne Schneider-Petsinger, Senior Research Fellow, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House; and Andreas Esche, Director, Bertelsmann Stiftung. Listen as they discuss the transatlantic trade relationship and whether the pandemic has made a trade collision between the EU and US more or less likely. The AIG Global Trade Series 2020 is a series of podcasts analysing the complex interplay of factors shaping the global trade system. The series is brought to you by AIG in partnership with the Clingendael Institute and some of the world’s leading centers of expertise on global trade.

Does the pandemic make an EU-US trade collision less or more likely?

Can job creation, investment, redevelopment, fossil fuel transition and waste management be aligned with green agenda targets? In this podcast, moderator Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute is joined by Geneviève Pons, director general of the Brussels office of the Jacque Delors Institute and honorary Director of the European Commission; and Pascal Lamy, president emeritus of the Jacque Delors Instute and the former director general of the World Trade Organization and former EU trade commissioner. Listen as they discuss the link between the future of the global trade system, the effort to address climate change, and how COVID-19 has impacted it all. The AIG Global Trade Series 2020 is a series of podcasts analysing the complex interplay of factors shaping the global trade system. The series is brought to you by AIG in partnership with the Clingendael Institute and some of the world’s leading centers of expertise on global trade.

What Now for Sustainable Trade, the Climate Agenda and the Global Trade System?

What must be done to stop trade becoming a weapon in a 3-way geopolitical stand-off? In this podcast, moderator Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute is joined by Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China, Chatham House; Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Frans-Paul van der Putten, Senior Research Fellow, the Clingendael China Centre. Listen as they discuss the mutual frustration and mistrust growing between Washington DC, Brussels and Beijing as trade, technology and security increasingly fuse into a toxic, zero-sum mix. The AIG Global Trade Series 2020 is a series of podcasts analysing the complex interplay of factors shaping the global trade system. The series is brought to you by AIG in partnership with the Clingendael Institute and some of the world’s leading centers of expertise on global trade.

The US, China and the EU: the great decoupling?

Can the G20 and WTO do anything about it? Can the multilateral trade system point to a way forward for global economic recovery once the pandemic is over? In this podcast, moderator Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute is joined by Professor Jennifer Hillman of the Council on Foreign Relations and Georgetown Law Center, and Ambassador Rufus Yerxa, former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and current President of the National Foreign Trade Council. The AIG Global Trade Series 2020 is a series of podcasts analysing the complex interplay of factors shaping the global trade system. The series is brought to you by AIG in partnership with the Clingendael Institute and some of the world’s leading centers of expertise on global trade.

'The Slow Death of Multilateralism'

How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the EU trade agenda? In this podcast, moderator Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute is joined by Elvire Fabry of the Jacques Delors Institute and Ignacio Garcia-Bercero of the European Commission and Oxford University. The AIG Global Trade Series 2020 is a series of podcasts analysing the complex interplay of factors shaping the global trade system. The series is brought to you by AIG in partnership with the Clingendael Institute and some of the world’s leading centers of expertise on global trade.

Europe’s Evolving Trade Agenda

How realistic are the UK’s hopes to successfully negotiate simultaneous trade deals with its two largest trading partners—the United States and the EU? In this podcast, moderator Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute is joined by Marjorie Chorlins, Senior Vice President for European Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and by David Henig, Director of the UK Trade Policy Project. The AIG Global Trade Series 2020 is a series of podcasts analysing the complex interplay of factors shaping the global trade system. The series is brought to you by AIG in partnership with the Clingendael Institute and some of the world’s leading centers of expertise on global trade.

Prospects for a UK-US Trade Deal

COVID-19 has had a widespread effect on global geopolitics. What does this mean for multilateral security cooperation, looking at three institutions: the United Nations, NATO and the OSCE. How have the operations been impacted by COVID-19? What improvements can be made? They also zoom in on one particular case study: the issue of global arms control.  Rem Korteweg interviews Adàja Stoetman, Bob Deen and Sico van der Meer.

The impact of COVID-19 on multilateral security

Global connectivity and entanglement through multinational companies, platforms and hubs have strengthened interdependencies while at the same time driving geopolitical rivalries and challenging international norms on the free flow of information and (digi-tal) human rights. For Europe, this raises major questions about the sustainability of di-gital sovereignty in a globalized world and how Europe can set and pursue strategically relevant foreign and security policy objectives towards China. Listen to Annegret Bendiek (SWP), Nadine Godehardt (SWP), Maaike Okano-Heijmans (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael) and moderator Brigitte Dekker (Clingendael).

Digital Connectivity in times of Covid-19

This podcast was recorded following a discussion session on populism, held on 23 January 2020 at the House of Europe in The Hague, The Netherlands, organised together with the European Commission Representation.

Matthias Quent and André Krouwel discuss the AfD, economic precarity and populism in Europe

Dick Zandee and Kimberley Kruijver discuss with Rem Korteweg the political tensions during the NATO Leaders Meeting in London on 3 and 4 December 2019 as well as its outcomes. Photo credit: NATO, https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/photos_171561.htm

Dick Zandee & Kimberley Kruijver on the NATO Leaders Meeting

Clingendael Training Fellows Maaike Aans and Paul Hendrix discuss with Clingendael Senior Research Fellow Rem Korteweg intercultural communication in international diplomacy. Also check out our training course Intercultural Communication http://bit.ly/Intercultural-Communication

The art of communication in diplomacy

Clingendael - the Netherlands Institute of International Relations - is a leading think tank and academy on international affairs which aims to contribute to a secure, sustainable and just world. Jingle by Tristan Lohengrin: http://tristanlohengrin.wixsite.com/studio