AGENDA 3 November 2014, OECD Conference Centre, Paris 9:30-9:45 Opening intervention by OECD Deputy Secretary General Mari Kiviniemi Session 1. 9:45–11:15 Export restrictions: impact on raw materials producers Some countries use export restrictions for a variety of reasons. What is the rationale? What are the aims? Have they been successful? Chair: Raed Safadi, Deputy Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD Speakers: H.E. Alberto D’Alotto, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Argentina to the World Trade Organization REN Hongbin, Executive Vice President of CAITEC, Ministry of Commerce, China Coffee Break 11:15-11:30 Session 2. 11:30-13:00 Export restrictions: impact on downstream industries OECD analysis has shown that not only are raw materials exporters impacted by the imposition of export restrictions, so are downstream industries and competing exporting countries. What are their experiences? What can we learn from them? Chair: Signe Ratso, Director, DG Trade, European Commission Speakers: Ian Christmas, Former Director General, World Steel Association Salla Ahonen, Director, Sustainability & Environmental Policy, Microsoft Alan Yanovich, Senior Counsel, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld Discussants: Elena Vyboldina, Head of International Trade and Economics Department, Eurometaux Ross Bartley, Environmental & Technical Director, Bureau of International Recycling Buffet Lunch, Salle Marshall 13:00-15:00 1 Session 3. 15:00-16:30 Policies in raw materials to maximize potential for growth Some countries have successfully leveraged their extractive resources to achieve growth and development of the sector, and of the economy at large. They will share their experiences followed by discussion to explore further the challenges they have encountered. Chair: H.E. Federico Renjifo, Ambassador, Embassy of Colombia in France Speakers: Ignacio Moreno, Undersecretary of Mining, Chile Rebecca Bryant, Assistant Secretary, Economic Engagement Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Mikael Gröning, Deputy Director, Ministry of Enterprise, Sweden Discussant: Enkhbayar Nemekhbayar, Head of Economic Finance and Investment Division, Ministry of Mining, Mongolia Sirisamphanh Vorachith, Director General, Department of Planning and Cooperation, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Lao PDR Coffee Break 16:30-16:45 Session 4. 16:45-18:00 Beyond trade restrictions: the way forward to cooperative trade policies OECD analysis has shown that trade restrictions and dispute settlement are costly ways to resolve differences. A cooperative, knowledge-sharing approach may be more appropriate. This approach will be considered and areas for future cooperation elaborated. Experiences from other sectors will be sought. Chair: H.E. Fernando de Mateo, Chair, OECD Trade Committee and Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the World Trade Organization Speakers: Don Smale, Secretary-General, International Copper, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Study Groups: Samuel Gayi, Head, Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD; Ian Mitchell, Chair of AMIS (Agricultural Market Information System) Discussant: Karsten Steinfatt, Counsellor, Trade and Environment Division, WTO Thomas Hentschel, Managing Director of Projekt-Consult GmbH and Programme implementer of the Better Gold Initiative (BGI), Switzerland 2