Harnessing globalisation through trade

“When talking about trade and globalisation, we witness two opposite but coexisting trends: an increasing opposition to trade agreements, seen as one evil together with globalisation, and, at the same time, requests to include in trade agreements elements that are not core trade policy”, said Emma Marcegaglia, President of BusinessEurope, speaking at the event “EU Trade policy: reshaping globalisation” organised on 18 November by MEP Alessia Mosca in Milan, Italy.

Speaking in presence of European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, Italian Minister Carlo Calenda and ETUC Secretary General Luca Visentini, President Marcegaglia added that “There is a need to raise awareness and manage expectations by explaining what benefits can reasonably be achieved through international trade and preparing the ground to ensure greater portions of society can yield the benefits coming from trade”.