10:45am - 12:00pm

Panel 7 – Trading Places: Increasing LDCs’ share in global trade

Moderator: Mr. Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) (virtual)

Panellists:

• Mr. Jaime de Melo: Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA): estimates of reduction in time at customs for the United Nations’ vulnerable economies (virtual)
• Mr. Stefano Inama: Getting to better use of trade preferences granted to LDCs by reforming rules of origin (virtual)
• Ms. Jodie Keane: Graduation from least developed country status within captive global value chains (virtual)
• Mr. Lucian Cernat, Head of Global Regulatory Cooperation and Procurement Negotiation, European Commission 

Discussants: 

• Mr. Ebrima Sisawo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, The Gambia (tbc) 

Interactive discussion