Conference Series: International Trade

Live session

• Hear how the government will support UK business on the international stage
• Learn more about the Department for Trade’s plans for supporting exports and ensuring trade is an enabler of the economic recovery
• Understand more about the international plan for living with COVID-19 globally

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Speakers

• 
  Dame Carolyn Fairbairn Director-General, CBI

On-demand content

Join a debate about the opportunities and challenges for the China-UK trading relationship in a changing landscape, understand more about what the future holds for Chinese investment into the UK, discuss current supply chain issues, and what the future holds.

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Speakers

• 
  Guy Dru Drury Head of Group, Beijing, CBI

Live session

The importance of international coordination living with COVID-19, and how business can shape the agenda.

Discuss global unity and ways in which the UK can combat competing protectionism, and explore the importance of the low-carbon agenda.

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Speakers

• 
  Katherine Bennett CBE Senior Vice President, Airbus in the UK
• 
  Rain Newton-Smith Chief Economist, CBI

On-demand content

• Gain insight from the debate about the need to reconfigure supply chains and/or potentially reduce reliance on overseas operations/suppliers
• Explore how companies are reacting to consumer behaviour changes as a result of COVID-19
• Discuss the importance of digital trade

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Speakers

• 
  Jeff Walters Managing Director and Senior Partner, Hong Kong, Boston Consulting Group
• 
  Josh Hardie Deputy Director-General, Policy and Campaigns

Live session

Hear from a leading expert on global trade issues, including the progress being made on the UK’s new trading policy and how the rest of the world manages continuing US-China tensions.

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Speakers

• 
  Dame Carolyn Fairbairn Director-General, CBI

Live session

• Hear about the UK’s long-term trade strategy and focus on supporting British business to succeed globally
• Gain the latest insight into ongoing trade negotiations, and the importance of taking a ‘whole of UK’ approach
• Discuss what the UK can do through its G7 Presidency to help the economic recovery and promote UK interests

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Speakers

• 
  Dame Carolyn Fairbairn Director-General, CBI

On-demand content

• Learn about what’s needed to ensure trade deals work for business
• Understand more about how the UK can utilise its multi-lateral role to champion trade
• Hear about how the government can support UK business to solve market access issues and promote trade continuity

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Speakers

• 
  Wilson Del Socorro Global Director of Government Affairs, Diageo
• 
  Sally Jones UK Trade Policy Leader, EY

Live session

• Gain insight on how we should be making trade work for the whole of the UK
• Explore how to ensure regional priorities are at the heart of UK trade negotiations, and what business needs on trade from regional and devolved government
• Hear more about the need for the UK to take an integrated approach so we achieve inclusive trade policies.

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Speakers

• 
  Kiran Haslam Chief Marketing Officer, Princess Yachts
• 
  Henrietta Jowitt Deputy Director-General, Commercial

On-demand content

• Gain the latest insight on what’s been agreed/still to be agreed in the US-UK trade deal
• Discuss how business can influence the trade deal
• Explore how UK business can break into US state markets

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Live session

• Understand the role of Parliament in developing trade policy
• Explore how trade policy can be made more inclusive and benefit the whole of society
• Discuss how to ensure future trading terms support wider societal goals such as reducing carbon emissions

Further speakers will be confirmed soon.

Speakers

• 
  Dame Carolyn Fairbairn Director-General, CBI