Feature Presentations
Dr. Chen Chien-Jen Sc.D., Ph.D. Former Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), delivered a Special Presentation on “Lessons Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic”. Dr. Chen shared his perspectives on the effectiveness of the measures and other mitigation responses of many countries and what factors may have contributed to the success – or have hampered – their implementation, especially on Taiwan’s successful experience and achievement in this regard.
Dr. Chen stressed that for a successful containment of future pandemic, global solidarity and international collaboration are very important. Transparency and honesty are the best policy, he added. For resilience in post-Covid-19 reform, he urged everyone to pay attention to the interface of human health, animal health, and environmental health. “We have only one globe. It is important for us to integrated our efforts to promote overall health of humans, animals and environments.’”
Ms. Priyanka Kishore, Head of India and South East Asia Macro Services at Oxford Economics, gave a presentation that focused on the challenges and disruptions brought about by the pandemic on countries in the region, their efforts to find innovative solutions to adapt in the so-called new normal that has emerged from the health crisis, and what businesses should do as part of their post-pandemic strategies to assure future growth and competitiveness.
Dr. Oriol Caudevilla, FinTech Advisor, Co-Leader of the CBDC and Blockchain Working Groups at the Global Impact FinTech Forum (GIFT), shared his expertise and experience on Digital Currency and how it is revolutionizing the global trading system and reshaping the way business is done, and how in general it could fundamentally change the way people use money.
Dr. Andrew Stoeckel, Honorary Professor, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University, shared the results of the CACCI study on “Achieving a Successful World Trading System”, which he said aims to examine the operations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and to stress the need for the business community to recommend what reforms are necessary in the WTO and how to achieve them.
Ms. Angela Paolini Ellard, Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), focused her presentation on the topic “Making the WTO More Adaptable to the Economic and Trade Realities of Today”, in which she shared her views on how WTO members can work together to address the economic and health consequences brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, what policy responses are needed to get the global economy going again, what challenges are currently faced by the WTO, and what should be done to make the WTO stronger, more agile, and more adaptable to the economic and trade realities of today.
DDG Ellard made the case that the WTO is relevant and worth improving and modernizing. She emphasized the need to demonstrate where the WTO has been successful, be honest about where it has not, and be ambitious as to how it can be made better. Businesses must be a voice for good, on matters that are in their immediate interest, as well as broader issues like climate change, fisheries, and access to vaccines.
To presentation of Dr. Chen Chien-Jen, Ms. Priyanka Kishore, Dr. Andrew Stoeckel, and Ms. Angela Paolini Ellard are available HERE.
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