UNDERSTANDING THE ONE BELT ONE ROAD STRATEGY,
AND THE FUTURE OF EU - CHINA TRADE AND COOPERATION RELATIONS
Wednesday 31/May/2017, from 16:30 - 19:00
venue: European Parliament (Brussels, room ASP 1G-2)
Draft program
16.30-16.45 Opening: Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vicepresident of the European Parliament
16:45 - 17:45 Panel I moderated by MEP Patrick Le Hyarick
Global Economic and Trade challenges – two economic and development responses by the PR China (OBOR) and the EU (Trade for All) and their impact on EU- China relations
- Helmut Scholz, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Ms Chai Xiaolin, Minister for Economic & Commercial Affairs - China Mission to EU
- Prof. Dr. Jing Men, Chair of EU-China relations at the College of Europe
- Prof. Vladimiro Giacché, President of Centro Europa Ricerche, Rome (tbc)
17:45 - 18:45 Panel II moderated by MEP Lola Sanchez Caldentey
EU, USA and China trade policies and strategies: finding new economic, ecological and social alternatives
- Eleonora Forenza, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Xinning SONG, Renmin University of China -China Director, Brussels Academy for China and European Studies
- Dr. Wolfram Adolphi, Political Scientist
- Prof. Sven Beckert, Harvard University, (tbc)
18.45 closing remarks: Gabi Zimmer, President of GUE/NGL