This was a very insightful and focused presentation and discussion with both Shanker Singham and the Minister Greg Hands who is also the CBCC Patron on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. We've received some great feedback from the guests who asked many questions during the event. Stay tuned for more webinars and events with interesting personalities in the future!
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INVITATION
for CBCC members and friends
You are cordially invited to attend the following event:
In conversation with Shanker Singham
on 23 March 2021, 4:30pm GMT
Join us for this inspiring discussion with Shanker Singham, Chief Executive Officer of Competere, Chairman of Global Vision and an academic fellow to the IEA. Shanker has been also appointed to the Trade and Agriculture Commission.
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We will also have the pleasure to welcome the Rt Hon Greg Hands MP, CBCC Patron, who will introduce the event and the speaker. Greg was appointed Minister of State for Trade Policy in the Department for International Trade (DIT) in February 2020.
Shanker will discuss the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement as well as where the agreement could be improved over time to facilitate trade flows, and where he sees challenges and opportunities. He will also look at this in the context of the international trading system, and major trade dispute such as US-China that impacts global trade. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.
Register by emailing David Major
Zoom details will be shared closer to the day; the event is free of charge.
Shanker Singham's bio:
Shanker is Chief Executive Officer of Competere, Chairman of Global Vision and an academic fellow to the IEA. Shanker has recently been appointed to the Trade and Agriculture Commission. He sits on the Wilton Park Advisory Committee and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Bretton Woods Committee. Please see more details here.
Rt Hon Greg Hands' bio:
Greg was previously Minister of State in the Department for International Trade from 2016 to 2018. He was elected the Conservative MP for Hammersmith and Fulham in 2005, and for Chelsea and Fulham in 2010 and again in 2015. More details are available here.