New Perspectives on Strategic and Economic Cooperation between Brazil and Italy in the Context of the EU–MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement
3:00 pm Opening Remarks
Valentina Meliciani,
LEAP Director
Cesar Cunha Campos,
Director, FGV Europe
Renato Mosca de Souza
Ambassador of Brazil to Italy
3:20 pm - The Strategic Relevance of the EU–Mercosur Agreement in the Current Geopolitical Context
Paolo Garzotti
Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission
Chief Negotiator for the EU–Mercosur Agreement
Pedro Miguel da Costa Silva
Ambassador of Brazil to the European Union
4:00 pm - Opportunities and Challenges of the FTA: Trade and Investment
Speakers
Alberto Petrangeli
Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Italy in Brasília
Lisandra Flach
Director, IFO Center for International Economics
Professor of Economics, LMU Munich
Jorge Arbache
Professor of Economics, University of Brasília
Senior Fellow, Institute for Climate and Society
Former Director of the Corporación Andina de Fomento
Paolo Guerrieri
Senior Fellow, LEAP Luiss
Visiting Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs
Moderator
Alessandro Fontana
Director, Confindustria Research Centre
17:15 – Coffee Break
17:30 – Industrial Policy Implications of the FTA: Building Integrated Supply Chains between the EU and MERCOSUR
Speakers
Alberto Castronovo
Head of the Internationalisation Unit
Minister's Cabinet, Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy
Anabel Marin, Cluster
Institute of Development Studies
Andrea Montanino
Chief Economist, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
Natascha Nunes da Cunha
Lead Specialist in Mining and Critical Raw Materials
Development Finance and International Cooperation Institutions
Moderator
Maria Savona
Professor of Economics, Luiss
Scientific Council, LEAP
18:45 - Closing Remarks
Michele Valensise
President of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Former Italian Ambassador