World trade contracted dramatically in the Great Recession, far faster than output. In 2010, trade growth returned flows to their pre-crisis levels. How much do sustained trade growth and its benefits depend on international trade-policy co-operation?

Regional trade co-operation has intensified, and multilateral trade negotiations have taken place for years. On February 24, an event at the University of Hong Kong will assess such developments, along with other challenges facing the multilateral-trading system, like commodity-price trends, links between trade and climate change or trade in natural resources.

The speaker, Patrick Low, is chief economist with the World Trade Organization and an adjunct professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. in Room 218 of the Main Building at HKU.

Communications Office
University of Hong Kong

(February 22, 2011)


Patrick Low:
chief economist.

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