Banca d'Italia, together with the European Central Bank and the World Bank, hosted a joint workshop on 'Trade, value chains and financial linkages in the global economy', in Rome, on 15-16 June 2023.
With a particular attention to the implications of recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, geopolitical tensions, climate-related shocks and energy-related policies, the papers focused on international trade and cross-border financial flows; foreign investment, firm competition, multinational corporations; firm-to-firm relations and linkages; strategic interdependencies in critical inputs markets; trade, investment and industrial policies.
The welcome address was by Piero Cipollone, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy. The keynote lectures were held by Laura Alfaro (Harvard University), Julian Di Giovanni (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Ralph Ossa (University of Zurich, World Trade Organization).
The Scientific and Organizing Committee is composed by: Maria Grazia Attinasi (European Central Bank), Alessandro Borin (Bank of Italy), Claire Giordano (Bank of Italy), Michele Mancini (Bank of Italy) e Daria Taglioni (Bank of Italy).
The programme of the event and the presentations are available at the links below.
