DIHK Conference on the future of the World Trading System

Wednesday, 29. April 2026 

10:00 - 14:15 at the DIHK 

 

 

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Programme

10:00 

Welcome                     

Dr. Volker Treier, Chief Executive of Foreign Trade, Member of the Executive Board, DIHK

 

10:05 

Keynote: The Future of Global Trade:  Economic Horizons for the WTO System

Professor Robert Staiger, Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization

 

10:35 

High Level Panel Discussion: Europe’s role in the world trading system

Sabine Weyand, Director-General, Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission

Dr. Thomas Steffen, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Professor Robert Staiger, Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization

Moderated by: Dr. Volker Treier, DIHK

 

12:00  Lunch

 

13:00 

Paneldiskussion: Plurilaterale Abkommen zur Überwindung von WTO-Blockaden: E-commerce, Investitionserleichterungen und mehr?

Carmen Heidecke, Deutsche Botschafterin bei der WTO

Claudia Schmucker, Leiterin des Zentrums für Geopolitik, Geoökonomie und Technologie, DGAP 

Sara Mohns, Cluster-Koordination Handel für nachhaltige Entwicklung, GIZ

Klemens Kober, Leiter des Referats Handelspolitik, EU-Zollfragen, Transatlantische Beziehungen, DIHK

Moderator: Dr. Achim Kampf, Germany Trade and Invest

 

14:00 

Schlusswort:

Melanie Vogelbach, Leiterin des Bereichs Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik, Außenwirtschaftsrecht, DIHK