IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024
PALACIO DE CANAL 5, LEVEL E1
Session information
Trade considerations in the nearshoring and friendshoring of supply chains
Tuesday 17 September (1430 - 1545)
PALACIO DE CANAL 5, LEVEL E1
Committee(s)
International Trade and Customs Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
In recent times, there is a trend where economic agents are moving their production closer to their consumers with the idea of making supply chains much more regional rather than global. Nearshoring, economists call this. Why and how is this happening? Indeed, COVID-19 revealed weakness in having distant suppliers, but trade policy and measures, such as free trade agreements, “industrial policy”, trade remedies, sanctions, among other reasons have been playing a key part in the supply chain relocation phenomenon.
In this panel, we will explore how these government policies are impacting or should impact when deciding to nearshore.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Emilio Arteaga | Vazquez Tercero y Zepeda, Mexico City, Mexico; Conference Quality Officer, International Trade and Customs Law Committee |
| Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho | Monteiro & Weiss Trade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Co-Chair, International Trade and Customs Law Committee |
Speakers
| Nancy Fischer | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Yves Melin | Cassidy Levy Kent (Europe), Brussels, Belgium; Vice Chair, International Trade and Customs Law Committee |
| Kenneth Smith Ramos | Agon, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Jason Sun | Dentons, Beijing, China |