Meet the YATEs!

On this episode, Kellie and Belén chat with Johanna Hill, the TradeExperettes Outreach Director, about the TE “10 Quick Wins for Digital Trade” Report that is part of TE’s Digital Trade Year and was launched in September 2022, in Geneva, during the WTO Public Forum. It also includes valuable inputs from some of the experts that contributed to the report: Marion Jensen, Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Eunice Huang, Head of Asia-Pacific Trade Policy at Google, and Anna Jankowska-Eriksson, Market Analyst at the International Trade Centre (ITC).

This episode consists of a conversation with Johanna Hill, the TradeExperettes Outreach Director, about the TE Project “10 Quick Wins for Digital Trade,” that is part of TE’s Digital Trade Year, and was launched in September 2022, in Geneva, during the WTO Public Forum week. It also includes the insightful comments of some of the experts that contributed to the report, like Yan Xiao, Lead of the Digital Payments Project at the World Economic Forum, and Victoria Bruno, Independent Lawyer and Consultant in International Trade, Program Leader of the TradeExperettes Skills Lab and Host, TradeExperettes Confidentials.

On this episode Kellie and Belén talk with Pamela Ugaz, who is an Economic Affairs Officer at UNCTAD, about how technology has facilitated trade over the years, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic and which is the current status of the adoption of tech-oriented measures to facilitate trade among WTO Members. This episode complements a blog that Pamela wrote in 2020 for the TradeExperettes, “How Technology Can Help Beat COVID-19's Cross-Border Trade Disruptions.”

This is the first episode of the Series "The YATEs take over the TE Podcast." In this episode, two Young African TradeExperettes (YATEs), Laone Nthaga and Chidinma Nwodo, interview Bogolo J. Kenewendo. Bogolo is a global economist and Former Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry in Botswana, and is part of the TradeExperettes Advisory Board.

On this podcast episode you will hear the testimonials of 4 of our Young African TradeExperettes (YATEs) fellows: Lechani Kgangyame, Pelontle Maphula, Laone Nthaga and Chidinma Nwodo. They engage in a conversation with Kellie and Belén about their experiences in the fellowship program, as well as their path on trade and professional development.

On this podcast episode you will hear from some of the TradeExperettes Queens, Advisorettes and Members who have shared with Kellie and Belén their thoughts about their favorite TradeExperettes activities in 2022 and their wishes for the New Year.

This episode of the Trade Experettes podcast consists of an interview with Ilaria Espa about the challenges that current trade rules present for sustainable development. This episode builds on the session that the TradeExperettes organized for the 2022 WTO Public Forum “Rethinking trade rules on subsidies to enhance sustainable development.” Speaker: Ilaria Espa is a Senior Assistant Professor of International Economic Law at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Senior Research Fellow at the World Trade Institute (WTI) and Adjunct Professor at the Law Faculty of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. She serves as CISDL Lead Counsel for Natural Resources, the Secretary-General of the Swiss Energy Law Association (SELA), a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and a Fellow of the Cambridge University Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) Platform on Global Energy Governance.

This podcast episode consists of an interview with Dr. Inu Manak about the outcomes of the WTO 12th Ministerial Conference.  Dr. Inu Manak is a Fellow for Trade Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. At CFR, she researches and writes on policy issues relevant to U.S. trade policy, including topics such as global trade flows and regional and global trade arrangements. An expert in international political economy, Dr. Manak’s research focuses on U.S. trade policy and the law and politics of the World Trade Organization.

Stephanie Honey is a trade policy consultant and former New Zealand trade negotiator.  She focuses on digital trade and services, Asia-Pacific regional economic integration, the WTO, agriculture, and inclusion in trade.  Stephanie serves as Deputy Executive Director of the APEC Business Advisory Council, Associate Director of the New Zealand International Business Forum, and is the co-founder of Global Trade Insights, a business offering executive education in trade policy.  Today, she discusses digital trade, the latest developments in digital trade in FTAs, and the WTO e-commerce negotiations.

This podcast episode consists of an interview with Ann-Evelyn Luyten about her recent TE blog "The U.S. response to the EU CBAM:  Past responses and future prospects" and an update on the recent legislative developments on the EU CBAM.