Invite you to a discussion featuring a recent publication
A General Theory of Trade and Competition
Trade Liberalization and Competitive Markets
By Shanker Singham
General Theory of Trade and Competition is the first academic or practitioner
text book to establish a general theory of trade and competition and attempts to
bring these two disciplines back together. Shanker Singham demonstrates that
there is indeed a powerful interface between these two areas and that by
understanding this interface practitioners, be they in governments, companies or
law and economics firms can succeed in trade negotiations as well as build up
support for free trade principles in a time when they are being increasingly
challenged. By noting that consumer welfare is enhanced where trade
liberalization is accompanied by competitive markets and property rights
protection, the author articulates an overall vision in which future
policymakers can frame a different kind of trade debate.
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Monday, June 11, 2007 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building, J1-050, 701 18th Street, NW
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
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Moderated by
Marco Vicenzino
Director, Global Strategy Project
Marco Vicenzino is the founder and director of the Global Strategy Project.
Mr. Vicenzino served as Deputy Executive Director of the International Institute
for Strategic Studies-US (IISS-US) in Washington, DC, and is an international
attorney. Mr. Vicenzino has taught International Law at the School of
International Service of American University. As a strategic policy
analyst, commentator and regular guest speaker on foreign affairs, he has
contributed to various international media outlets, including BBC World
News, CNN International, CNN Spanish, Al Jazeera, Univision, RAI,
Financial Times, Le Figaro, El Mundo, Al Hayat, FT Deutschland, El Universal
and Folha de Sao Paulo. Mr. Vicenzino has also served as an advisor to the
World Bank.
Presented by author:
Shanker Singham
Shanker Singham is Chairman of the International Trade and Competition Policy
Roundtable and the leader of Squire Sanders and Dempsey LLP's market access/WTO
practice. He is one of the world's leading lawyers in this area, and has
written over fifty articles and book chapters on related topics. He is widely
quoted on these issues in the media including being interviewed by CNBC on the
Doha Development round of WTO negotiations, and being quoted in the Financial
Times, Times, Reuters, the Economist, Wall Street Journal and New York Times, as
well as Time and Wired Magazines.
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About Global Strategy Project
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promote the understanding of issues that impact international peace and
security; and to contribute to a process that fosters and advances international
peace and security. For more information, visit:
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