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