TRADE4FUTURE

Stronger Open Trade Policies Enable Economic Growth for All
Digital trade becoming more inclusive
Re-thinking sustainability in global supply chains
Emergence of the Middle Corridor as a viable route for East-West trade

Andrew Verity

Economics Correspondent for BBC News

Andrew Verity is the award-winning Economics Correspondent for BBC News, covering finance and business on BBC Radio and TV as well as reporting for Panorama, BBC Newsnight and BBC Radio 4’s investigative strand, File on Four. A Presenter of early morning business and financial news on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Five Live, Andy can be heard on the Today programme, Radio Four’s Six O’clock News and the BBC News TV channel reporting on the worst inflation in 40 years, recessionary pressures and the tightest jobs market since the 1960s.

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Genadi Arveladze

Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Genadi Arveladze is the Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. He has widespread experience in foreign trade and economics – he was Georgia’s chief negotiator on free trade agreements with European Free Trade Association (EFTA), China, Turkey, UK, Hong-Kong, China and UAE. Mr. Arveladze has effectively contributed to the diversification and development of Georgia’s foreign trade.

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Tomislav Momirović

Minister of Internal and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Serbia

Tomislav Momirović was born in 1983 in Belgrade. He finished primary and secondary school in Belgrade. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade, where he was a student vice-dean, a member of the Faculty Council and a member of the Council of the University of Belgrade.

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Elnur Aliyev

First Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Was born on 4th of June 1983 in Ganja.

1998 got admitted to the faculty of Law at Baku State University. In 2002 graduated with distinction and received his Bachelor degree. In 2006 received his Master’s degree and graduated with distinction from the same faculty. In 2008-2009 within the framework of the “State Program on Education of Azerbaijani Youth Abroad in 2007-2015” pursued his Master’s degree in International Business Law at King’s College London, UK.

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H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Minister in charge of Talent Attraction and Retention of United Arab Emirates

His Excellency Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, is the United Arab Emirates’ Minister of State for Foreign Trade and Minister in charge of Talent Attraction and Retention. As Minister, he is responsible for leading the development and expansion of the country’s non-oil foreign trade, enhancing national polices and measures to promote foreign direct investment in the UAE, and implementing initiatives to attract and retain strategic global talent in the UAE.
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H.E. Ambassador Erin Elizabeth McKee

USAID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Europe and Eurasia

Prior to joining the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, Assistant Administrator McKee served as the United States Ambassador to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, to the Solomon Islands, and to the Republic of Vanuatu from 2019 to 2022. Prior to her ambassadorial appointment, she served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Jakarta, and Mission Director for USAID/Indonesia and USAID/ASEAN, also in Jakarta.

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H.E. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi

Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

The Secretary General, throughout his rich diplomatic career, held several positions, including being Kuwait's Ambassador to the US from 2022 to 2023, Non-Resident Kuwait's Ambassador to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg from 2017-2022, Head of Mission of Kuwait to the European Union from 2017 to 2022, Head of Mission of Kuwait to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from 2016 to 2022, Kuwait's Ambassador to Belgium from 2016 to 2022, Kuwait's Ambassador to Korea from 2013 to 2016, Deputy Director, Department of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 2012 to 2013, Deputy Chief of Mission at the embassy of Kuwait to the US in 2011.

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H.E Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu

Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

Ambassador Lazãr COMÃNESCU is a graduate of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (BUES) and a PhD in international economics of the same university. He also graduated the Sorbonne course of “Langue et civilisation françaises contemporaines”. He worked, from 1972 to 1982, in the in the Romanian Ministry of Foreign (Department of International Economic Organizations) then, from 1982 to 1990 as a lecturer Professor at BUES.

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