A new EU-LAC Partnership for Resilient and Sustainable Investments

Opening speeches by:

• Markus J. Beyrer, Director General, BusinessEurope
• Xiana Méndez, Secretary of State for Trade, Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism - video message
• Michael Hager, Head of Cabinet of EVP Valdis Dombrovskis (tbc)

Panel 1. How to ensure fair and sustainable international trade: respect for the environment and biodiversity

• Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – online
• Pedro Miguel Costa e Silva, Ambassador of Brazil to the EU 
• María Latorre Muñoz, Associate Professor, Complutense University of Madrid 
• Axel Marx, Deputy Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KULeuven 

Panel 2. EU challenges and solutions to rebalancing global supply chains

• Rogelio Granguillhome Morfin, Ambassador of Mexico to the EU 
• Helena König, Deputy Secretary General, EEAS 
• Leopoldo Rubinacci, Deputy Director General for Trade, European Commission 
• Luc Arnouts, Vice President International Affairs, Port of Antwerp 
• Carlos Rodriguez Cocina, Director of EU Affairs & Head of Brussels office, Telefonica

Closing remarks by:

• Mónica Silvana González, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair Delegation for relations with Mercosur
• Max Müller, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Public Affairs, Bayer

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