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Title: Building a Europe of excellence: Turning knowledge into growth


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Workshop 8 Globalisation from stand off to trade
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Adrian van den Hoven BUSINESS EUROPE
Peter Mandelson European Commission
Jean- Philippe Courtois Microsoft
Guan Chengyuan China
Ferdinando Beccalli- Falco GE AmCham EU
Shaun Donnelly United States Trade Represen- tat
ive
Dipak Chatterjee India
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Workshop 8 Globalisation from stand off to trade
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Moderator
  • Adrian van den
  • Hoven
  • Director International
  • Affairs
  • BUSINESSEUROPE


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Globalization From Stand off to Trade off

Adrian van den Hoven
16 March 2007
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Emerging economies on the rise
  • Can the rest of the world keep up with China?

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Is protectionism rising?
  • Slow WTO progress
  • Concerns over Chinese/Japanese currency
  • Investment protectionism in the US, Russia, EU
  • Concerns over Green protectionism
  • How can we fight this?

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Who needs to liberalize?
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Protection in Agriculture Is it needed?
  • High commodity prices
  • Strong demand in emerging countries
  • Bio fuels an opportunity for farmers?
  • Demand for  greener  agriculture

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Can we cooperate on climate change?
  • Estimated CO2 emissions

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Global temperature change
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Is there enough energy to go around?
  • Oil dependency by region

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Workshop 8 Globalisation from stand off to trade
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  • Peter Mandelson
  • European
  • Commissioner for
  • Trade
  • European Commission

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Workshop 8 Globalisation from stand off to trade
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  • Jean-Philippe
  • Courtois
  • President
  • Microsoft International

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Growth Innovation in aGlobalized World
  • Jean-Philippe Courtois
  • President Microsoft International

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Global Competition

Russia
Ireland
India
China
Costa Rica
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Innovation Investments
Sustainable ecosystem for continuous innovation
Public Private Partnerships
Support for SMEs
RD
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Fostering Local Software Economies
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Microsoft EMEA Innovation
Microsoft Research Cambridge (MSR)
European Microsoft Innovation Centre (EMIC),
Germany
Cairo Microsoft Innovation Centre (CMIC), Cairo
MSR Joint Institutes (2) Inria, France Trento,
Italy
Microsoft Development Centres (7)
Microsoft Innovation Centres (25)
Microsoft Technology Centres (5)
School Technology Innovation Centres (5)
Brussels Centre, Kazakhstan and South Africa
Institute (3)
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Pathway to Employability
Helping provide 20 million people in the EU with
technology access, training and certification in
IT and other skills required by current or future
employers
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Workshop 8 Globalisation from stand on to trade
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  • Guan Chengyuan
  • Ambassador
  • Chinese Mission to the
  • EU

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Workshop 8 Globalisation from stand off to trade
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  • Ferdinando
  • Beccalli-Falco
  • President and CEO
  • GE International
  • Chairman Executive
  • Council
  • AmCham EU

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Workshop 8 Globalisation from stand off to trade
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  • Dipak Chatterjee
  • Ambassador
  • Indian Mission to the EU


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Workshop 8 Globalisation from stand off to trade
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  • Shaun Donnelly
  • Ambassador
  • Assistant United States
  • Trade Representative
  • for Europe and the
  • Mediterranean


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Workshop 8 Globalisation from stand off to trade
off
Adrian van den Hoven BUSINESS EUROPE
Peter Mandelson European Commission
Jean- Philippe Courtois Microsoft
Guan Chengyuan China
Ferdinando Beccalli- Falco GE AmCham EU
Shaun Donnelly United States Trade Represen- tat
ive
Dipak Chatterjee India
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