BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250514T015855EDT-8732nufwga@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250514T055855Z DESCRIPTION:This talk with Michael Plummer is part of our Fall 2019 Policy Lectures Series. These academic talks are intended for 91Ƶ graduate stu dents and faculty.\n\nDespite a slowdown in global trade\, an inward-looki ng US Administration\, and potential statis at the WTO\, the Asia-Pacific region is moving ahead with “mega-regional” trade agreements\, including t he CPTPP\, its possible enlargement\, and the Regional Economic Comprehens ive Partnership (RCEP). This presentation will consider the economic\, pol itical economy\, and strategic implications of these arrangements for the region and the world.\n\nRegister Here\n\nAbout Michael Plummer\n\nMichael Plummer has been Director of SAIS Europe since 2014. A SAIS Professor of International Economics since 2001 and the Eni Professor of Economics sinc e 2008\, he was Head of the Development Division of the Organization for E conomic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris from 2010 to 2012\; a n associate professor at Brandeis University (1992-2001)\; and Editor-in-C hief of the Journal of Asian Economics (Elsevier) 2007-2015 (currently Edi tor-in-Chief Emeritus). He was president of the American Committee on Asia n Economic Studies (ACAES) from 2008 until 2015. A former Fulbright Chair in Economics and Pew Fellow in International Affairs at Harvard University \, he has been an Asian Development Bank (ADB) distinguished lecturer on s everal occasions and team leader of projects for various organizations inc luding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations\, the United Nations\, t he OECD\, the ADB\, the World Bank\, and the World Trade Organization. He has taught at more than a dozen universities in Asia\, Europe\, and North America. Professor Plummer has advised several governments on the Transpac ific Partnership (TPP) negotiations and is member of the editorial boards of World Development\, the Asian Economic Journal\; and the Journal of Sou theast Asian Economics (formerly ASEAN Economic Bulletin). He is author/co -author of over 100 journal articles and book chapters. His PhD is in econ omics from Michigan State University.\n DTSTART:20191003T200000Z DTEND:20191003T213000Z LOCATION:Room 060\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, Armstrong Building\, 3420 Rue McTa vish SUMMARY:New Scenarios for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and Implication s for the Rest of the World URL:/maxbellschool/channels/event/new-scenarios-asia-p acific-economic-cooperation-and-implications-rest-world-300519 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR