New Perspectives of strategic and economic cooperation between Brazil and Italy in the context of the EU–MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement
15:00 Saluti iniziali
Valentina Meliciani
LEAP Director
Cesar Cunha Campos
Director, FGV Europe
Renato Mosca de Souza
Ambasciatore del Brasile in Italia
15:20 - The Strategic Relevance of the EU–Mercosur Agreement in the Current Geopolitical Context
Paolo Garzotti
Head of Unit, DG Trade, European Commission
Chief Negotiator, EU–Mercosur Agreement
Pedro Miguel da Costa Silva
Ambasciatore del Brasile presso l'Unione Europea
16:00 - Opportunities and Challenges of the FTA: Trade and Investments
Speakers
Alberto Petrangeli
Ministro Consigliere e Vice Capo Missione, Ambasciata d’Italia a Brasilia
Lisandra Flach
Director, IFO Center for International Economics
Professor of Economics, LMU Munich
Jorge Arbache
Professor of Economics, University of Brasilia
Senior Fellow, Institute for Climate and Society
Former Director of Corporación Andina de Fomento
Paolo Guerrieri
Senior Fellow, LEAP Luiss
Visiting Professor, Paris School of International Affairs
Modera
Alessandro Fontana
Director, Centro Studi Confindustria
17:15 - Coffee Break
17:30 - Industrial Policy Implications of the FTA: Building EU–MERCOSUR Integrated Supply Chains
Speakers
Alberto Castronovo
Head of Internationalisation Unit
Cabinet of the Minister, 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 Mining and Critical Raw Materials Specialist
Development Finance and International Cooperation Institutions
Moderator
Maria Savona
Professor of Economics, Luiss
Scientific Council, LEAP
18:45 - Closing Remarks
Michele Valensise
President, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Former Italian Ambassador